Waste talks to involve hazardous ash disposal

DISPOSAL of hazardous ash will form part of the negotiations for handling Guernsey's waste, a spokesman for Public Services has said.

The States has backed the department's proposal to export what rubbish is left after high levels of recycling.

But Jersey, one of the potential locations, has raised the prospect of ash left after it has been burnt in its incinerator being sent back to Guernsey and also the need to export the hazardous ash created from Jersey.

'What will happen to the residues from the heat treatment process will be part of the negotiations, and one would expect different options to be put forward.

'At present, we do not expect it will have to be imported back to Guernsey, but as previously reported no detailed negotiations have taken place with any other jurisdiction,' a PSD spokesman said.