Supporters of kerbside bemoan the ‘plateauing’ of recycling
Thursday 26th November 2009, 2:29PM GMT.
A FALTERING recycling rate has prompted deputies to question Public Services’ green credentials and ask whether abandoning islandwide kerbside collection was a mistake.
The States recycling target is 50% by 2010, but Public Services’ projected figure for the end of this year is 33%, although yesterday it said it might end up more like 36%.
West District deputy Shane Langlois expected the shortfall. ‘I thought that once the States decided not to pursue kerbside recycling it meant it would be to hard to get household recycling up to 50%.
‘The rate has plateaued, which is what particular people said in the past that it would do without kerbside.’
Deputy Langlois was disappointed with the level of interest in kerbside recycling from both Public Services and the States as a whole.
‘I would have liked to see Public Services come up with something, put a bit of enthusiasm into it, but the States rejected that too.’
St Peter Port deputy Jan Kuttelwascher had seen clues as to why the rate of increase had slowed.
‘I think it has plateaued because kerbside collection has been removed from St Peter Port,’ he said. ‘I know some people are just binning it and not taking it to be recycled any more.
‘I don’t know how much of a factor that is, but it is a factor.’
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I suspect we all resort to binning on occasions because invariably the recycling bins are full.
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Wasn`t that Bernie`s plan? If there was to much being recycled then he would`nt have enough for his mass burn thing.
Another great decision.
Has Flouquet actually done anything worth while? i sure cant think of an example.
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well what can i say the ‘states’ want us to recycle more its at 30% and yet thay want it to go up to 50% witch is good dont get me wrong im all for recycling and i do my best bottols cardboard ,tins and cans etc but taking away the kerb side collection was a very silly thing as now people dont do as much!!! also with this incinarator debate mont cuet is filling up QUICKLY i wish thay would sort something out cause befor we all know it we will be swimming in rubbish and the states will be blaming us for not recycling i think the states need to take a leaf out of new zealands book thay burn there rubbish whitch makes power simples!!!
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I would start with burning that stupid meerkat advert. I’m with bcb. Flouquet is one bad decision after another.
He has obviously struck a deal with a hated multinational whose projects are getting rejected all around the place. They chose Guernsey (conveniently setting a tender that only a few could meet the criteria) because we don’t don’t know our tail feather from our wing tip.
Next term he’ll get 700 votes and be voted for external relations, along with Jones and Nick Griffin.
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