Recycling news


Legislation might be needed to get to 70%

LEGISLATION may be introduced to force households to recycle more.


Recycling and export is waste disposal decision

GUERNSEY has finally committed to the export of waste and high levels of recycling some 20 years after deciding that an alternative to landfill was needed.


There’s no ban on van-man at Longue Hougue scavenge site

CLAIMS that vans and pick-ups had been banned from the Longue Hougue recycling site have been dismissed by States Works.


Food waste cannot be left for long, say recyclers

FOOD waste would need to be picked up regularly – possibly even daily – if kerbside collections were brought in, said people responding to the Public Services Department’s waste proposals.


Kerbside recycling is good, but bigger bills are unpopular

ISLANDERS will begrudge having to pay more to get rid of their waste, Mont Cuet recyclers have said.


Recycling’s holiday success story continues

RECYCLING bring banks were filled up over the New Year holiday but there were no overflowing bins.


Cost of residual waste export ‘will push up recycling rate’

EXPORTING waste will encourage islanders to recycle more in order to keep the cost down, a campaigner against incineration has said.


Recycling at risk as planners reject another bring bank site

PLANNERS have for a second time rejected proposals for a new recycling site in St Martin’s.


Les Genats Estate residents’ clear out could be repeated

A RECYCLING initiative which allowed Les Genats Estate residents to get rid of their old junk was such a hit they want it to happen again.


Saving of £40k a year if clear glass is reused

UP TO £40,000 a year could be saved if Public Services decided to scrap sending clear glass for recycling in the UK.

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