Jersey still keen on taking Guernsey's waste

JERSEY does have the capacity to burn Guernsey's waste, its Traffic and Technical Services minister has confirmed.

Kevin Lewis was speaking after Guernsey's Public Services Department included Jersey in a shortlist of five energy-from-waste plants in an enabling report for a new waste strategy.

Any agreement for Guernsey to send a predicted 28,000 tonnes of residual waste per year to the island would have to be approved by the States of both islands.

Jersey is on the cusp of signing an agreement with a third party to receive fly ash produced by its plant.

Public Services has conducted its investigations on the basis it would not be prepared to receive waste back from the chosen jurisdiction.

It has a shortlist of Jersey, two sites in Holland, plus others in Sweden and Belgium, although the department will conduct an open tender if given the go-ahead by the States next month.