PUBLIC Services have been studying the contents of islanders’ bins to gain a detailed understanding of what people throw out.
Waste news
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.
Incinerator is dropped in ‘ship to Jersey’ plan
GUERNSEY’S waste will be exported, avoiding the need for an on-island incinerator, under proposals announced today.
We have space for your waste, Jersey tells visiting PSD officers
GUERNSEY is a step closer to solving the problem of non-recyclable waste after meeting with Jersey to discuss transporting it there.
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.
Signs thrown into the gorse as businesses count the cost
A SPATE of sign thefts has left local businesses out of pocket.
Vale demands action to end Mont Cuet nuisance
VALE douzaine has had enough of the terrible smell and wind-blown rubbish from Mont Cuet and has broken its silence over the ‘unacceptable nuisance’ of the landfill.
Bulk Refuse pick-ups to cost £15 as the free scheme ends
PUBLIC SERVICES is to introduce charges for the States Bulk Refuse Scheme.
Island has recycled 33,000 tonnes of paper in a decade
ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly islanders have won Guernsey an award to mark a milestone in paper recycling.
Pupils’ bright idea brings recycle bins to beaches
AN IDEA raised by primary school pupils has been put into practice.
Campaigns
Voice For Victims
Voice for Victims is a campaign aimed at promoting the rights of those affected by child sexual abuse.