Old screens to be dismantled to increase recycling

Tuesday 25th May 2010, 2:29PM BST.

Paul Martel, project manager for Mayside Recycling, with some of the televisions and computer screens which will be stripped and all their components recycled. Behind, left to right, are recycling officer Tina Norman-Ross, deputy Public Services minister Scott Ogier and Mayside director Tommy Duquemin. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0974590)

ALL the materials in old televisions and computer screens dumped at Longue Hougue will now be recycled.

Previously only 40% of the materials from the equipment could be reused, with the rest being sent to landfill.

Public Services has joined with Mayside Recycling to set up the scheme.

An employee from the company has been trained to take televisions and screens apart and sort them. They will then be shipped to a plant in the UK.

Deputy Public Services minister Scott Ogier said the initiative would take the island closer to meeting the 50% recycling target.

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Guern abroad

May 25, 2010 at 5:39 pm

This is brilliant, and I am sure the start of other such incentives to further recycle unused components.
It is not always about the money but rather making good of previously unused resources. We have to protect future generations by salvaging all materials for reuse.

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Steve

May 25, 2010 at 10:36 pm

Here we go again, another subsidised service that PSD don’t know how much it will cost until they get the bill.
Hopefully the States will sort this dept out on Wed.

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