Bas de Carteret loading up with free compost at Mont Cuet. Such reuse of materials fits with the aspired-for zero waste strategy, but States members at last night’s meeting about the decomposition-through-heat alternative to an incinerator and Stan Brouard’s solution were urged to consider the need for a way to dispose of that which cannot be recycled. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0929636)

SUPPORT appears to be growing for the lesser known of two proposed alternatives to the rejected Suez incinerator.

A public meeting last night at St Pierre Park Hotel about a pyrolysis plant being put forward by Green Homes Guernsey and its partner, Green Homes Global, received decent support from the 80-strong audience, despite a few mutterings about small amount of toxins and residue that could be left after the process involved in turning waste into gas to generate electricity is complete.

The audience included 10 States members, one of whom was deputy Public Services minister Scott Ogier, who has now been tasked with leading the island’s new waste strategy, based on minimisation.

David de Carteret, of Green Homes Guernsey, said the meeting had been far more constructive than the firm’s first public outing earlier this year.

‘The quality of questions was good and I thought it was very positive. It was also encouraging to get more deputies than we expected. We only had replies from five on Tuesday.’

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