THE £106 million incinerator was railroaded through and not enough consideration has been given to the effects it might have on the Ramsar site, says an Island environmentalist.

Unsuccessful Senatorial candidate and Ramsar steering committee member Chris Perkins has said that some politicians have been thoughtless and insensitive about the potential environmental impact an incinerator would have on the protected south-east coast.

His comments follow Save Our Shoreline spokesman Dave Cabeldu’s report into the Babtie Fitchner incinerator planned for La Collette. Mr Cabeldu, who is also on the steering group that fought to get the area from the Harbour to Gorey protected, claims that the States have breached the Ramsar Convention because they did not tell the organisation of their plans to build an incinerator next to the site.

He said that Jersey was also currently featuring on the website page of Wetlands International, a member of the Ramsar Convention, as ‘this month’s threatened wetland’ because of the incinerator.
Mr Perkins said: ‘I have seen Save Our Shoreline’s excellent report on the incinerator and its possible effects on our Ramsar site. It is if nothing else rather embarrassing for Jersey.’

Pictured: La Collette with an impression of the new incinerator to the right of the tower