IDEALISTS rather than realists have been driving the Public Services Department Board, board member Deputy Tony Spruce has said.

WASTE strategy workshops were proactive but doubts remain about the overall direction, States members have said.

PUBLIC Services wants two more deputies to get involved in drawing up the island’s new waste strategy, it announced yesterday.

NEARLY 3,000 discounted compost bins have been sold as islanders do their bit to cut the amount of waste going to landfill.

ENVIRONMENT will be at least five months late with its report saying how much waste Guernsey will produce.

GOVERNMENT has failed to make any progress on a waste strategy in 16 years, Deputy Brian de Jersey claims.