Mayside has new local owner

Saturday 5th December 2009, 2:29PM GMT.

Tommy Duquemin, left, who has run Mayside’s operation in Guernsey, with Karl Van Katwyk, the chairman of Guernsey Waste Recycling, which has taken it over. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0882608)

MAYSIDE Recycling has been sold to a local firm.

Newly-formed Guernsey Waste Recycling has taken over the operation at the former coalyard at La Hure Mare Lane, Vale.

It is looking to expand the business that deals with the collection and export of paper, cardboard, plastic and beverage and food containers left at bring banks under a contract with the Public Services Department.

New chairman Karl Van Katwyk said that there were no redundancies planned.

‘We work closely with the States and we hope to expand on this and bring in new recycling initiatives,’ he said.

‘There’s a lot of plastics we could be doing. We have the machinery and expertise to do that.’

He said that with the new waste plant being built, people were concerned about what would happen to recycling.

‘We want to make sure there is an incentive to recycle,’ he said.