St Helier recycle scheme ‘could begin this May’
Monday 2nd March 2009, 2:59PM GMT.
ALL St Helier residents could be separating glass, plastic, paper and tin for recycling by May.
The Constable, Simon Crowcroft, has plans for a kerbside recycling scheme and is discussing them with workers and unions ahead of a public consultation exercise. He says that the parish could go further still. The ‘zero waste’ trial at Havre des Pasis still going on, and it could be extended across the parish.
Incinerator. That would mean the recycling of all food waste as well.
Mr Crowcroft, who signed the rescindment motion against the new £106 million incinerator that was rejected by the States this week, says that the ultimate aim is to burn as little waste as possible. ‘We shall be presenting the plans for kerbside recycling to the rates assembly,’ he said. ‘They were presented to Deputies last week, and the recycling manager who was appointed three months ago has been in discussions with the workforce and the union.
‘Once I am satisfied that the proposals are acceptable to the workforce, we shall start consulting the public about what we are planning to do.’
Pictured: Recycling manager David Edgell with separate bags for plastics, paper and tins
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It will not work come and see any town in the UK and see what a mess is left on recycling day after collecters leave litter were thay cannot be botherd to pick up what vermin pull out of the recycling box–Good luck you have been warned
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Why have a massive incinerator if we are going down the recycling route? It doesn’t add up, unless we are going to take in others waste from across the sea?
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Oh great…so we don’t need the £106 million pond beast after all.
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It works fantastically over here in Perth Western Australia. Every week we leave out the black general rubbish bins, and on alternate weeks we also put out the green and yellow recycling bins that hold cardboard, newspapers, all tins, bottles and all plastics marked with recycle symbol. Two separate trucks follow each other and by 8.30am other than the odd bins left from people who have already gone to work, its done!
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It’s about time. My family have been wanting to recycle more, but being one of those few who can’t afford the running costs of a car anymore, are unable and unwilling to carry all we can on the bus to the recycling centres.
Let’s just hope they get it right the first time.
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I can see it working in some places but not all. We live down a small private lane of about eleven houses. It is bad enough when all the bins are out. Why not put more recycling bins in St Andrew’s Park. Also leaving glass on the street is asking for trouble.
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