PUBLIC Services has rejected suggestions from Jersey that it could export its waste there.
The department’s plans for a £93.5m. waste plant go to the States at the end of the month with growing public disquiet about the proposals.
Now Jersey’s Transport minister, Mike Jackson, has told fellow politicians that talks had taken place between his officers and Guernsey counterparts about the possibility of waste being sent to Jersey and burnt there.
And the new chief executive of Transport and Technical Services in Jersey, John Rogers, said that its new energy-from-waste plant would have about five years’ capacity to cope with incinerating waste from Guernsey.
‘We have told them we will assist in any way we can if we are required to do so. They have asked for a price in terms of how much it would cost to deal with their waste,’ he said.
Public Services minister Bernard Flouquet (pictured) said that there had been no discussions at a political level since the States ruled out export in 2006.
Exporting waste was not a viable option for Guernsey, he added.
‘This is not back on the agenda. Exporting waste was fully investigated before the decision was made to tender for a new waste treatment facility. It is just not viable because Jersey does not have the capacity to treat both islands’ waste, even in the short term,’ he said.
‘Even if there were, it would be no more than a short-term fix, requiring millions to be spent simply to put off addressing the long-term future of Guernsey’s waste treatment for a few years.’
There was a commonly accepted principle that each community should be responsible for dealing with the waste it generates, he added.
Jersey’s current Bellozanne incinerator dealt with 72,000 tonnes of waste in 2008. Its new £106m. incinerator, which is expected to be operational in 2011, is designed to treat up to 105,000 tonnes of waste a year.
Deputy Flouquet said that last week, following a proposal from a Guernsey businessman to reconsider exporting waste, an officer at Public Services contacted their Jersey counterpart.
But this was only to ensure that the department’s information on the new facility, such as the capacity and when it would be operational, was up to date.
‘It was simply an approach to clarify the facts,’ said Deputy Flouquet.
‘The indication he was given was that Jersey would have spare capacity for 26,000 tonnes a year for around five years. Guernsey currently produces around 43,000 tonnes of residual waste a year, and even if we achieve our target of 50% recycling we are not going to see that fall to anything like 26,000.’
Article posted on 2nd July, 2009 - 2.29pm
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I hope the people of Guernsey demand reasons from Deputy Floquet as to why “Exporting waste was not a viable option for Guernsey”
Question for Nick Mann
Did you ask him he reasons for his answer?
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Didn’t Flouquet make a “we’ll never work with those Crapauds” statement at the IoD ‘Question Time’ event with Peter Sissons last year?
Bernard “Bob Monkhouse” Flouquet – A gag for every occasion.
There’s a book in this somehwere.
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Yes so true Bingo-Jane.
and it will be called
“CONFESSIONS of A would be POLITICIAN”
[my years of failure"]
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Mr Brouard states that the maximum we need to export to Jersey is about 30,000 tons a year, after recycling. So, in effect all we need to burn is the same amount, Question… Why does Deputy Flouquet need a Mass Waste incinerator of 70,000 tons?
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I wonder if islanders would accept more of PSD’s propositions if Flouquet were not synonymous with it. The damage that man is doing to island politics is untold. He is a laughing stock.
At least Trott charges about with some conviction, a useful part of any governments’ make up, but Burny?
At the very least he should be on the back benches, if he has some consultation skill, he could do it from there. But his lack of credibility is doing no one any good.
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what happens if the Jersey plant breaks down???
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And why should we be promoting more child-killing toxins in Jersey?
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Let’s just dig another big hole in the golf course to put the rubbish in..
Or
Let just fill in Talbot Valley.. that will keep us going for years and costs a lot less.
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or how about the big valley behind hougette school… no one lives down there.. that would keep us going for many years.
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Pete Burtenshaw
You should be more worried about what happens if the proposed Guernsey plant breaks down after the 2 year guarantee expires.
I wonder if Deputy Flouquet has done the what if calculations?
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I know of a fine place for rubbish of the future: but those non Guernsey folk living on land stolen from us would complain
The place would be soldiers bay access easy through the tunnel,
They managed to get the NORTH BEACH. so Soldiers Bay should be a piece of cake,
It would settle and be the solution for many years to come.
They up top can’t really complain, ask them where their sewage goes?
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Pete Burtenshaw
what happens if the Jersey plant breaks down???
Please enlighten us to what would happen.
And what would happen if ours breaks down?.
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Stephen john, have no fear the Suez plant will not go ahead………we stopped the filling in of Belgrave Bay through protest and we can stop this abomination of a plant getting passed…….Anyone interested in marching then please e-mail me at littlepete@cwgsy.net
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Peter Burtenshaw..
we’re not allowed to export waist anymore.. and we don’t want burn it…
What do you suggest we do with it…??.
Lets dig a new hole in the golf coarse and bury it
Its a lot cheaper ?.
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Support the public presentation of the rational alternative to PSD/Suez. Make sure you are there at 7.30pm sharp at St Sampson’s High School on Tuesday 14 July.
This day also happens to be Bastille Day/Le Quartorze Juillet so let’s make it the start of a people’s revolution against this mass burn madness that hardly anyone on the island really wants.
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Yes, Martyn.
I also propose a ‘plan B’ of concerted direct action against this inevitable monstrosity.
Anyone good a digging tunnels?
“Alors, les enfants…”
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Bonjour B-J
All I can add now is…
to the barricades!
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bcb, it is not viable to ship our waste to Jersey and we will not be getting an incinerator.
melc, you are obsessed with golf courses…….
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Pete Burtenshaw
You haven`t explained why it`s not viable as there are some who think it is?
i am 100% behind you on not wanting this incinerator.
Can we get rid of this other waste (Flouquet) we have to.
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