Alderney makes £90k offer for bin bag help

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Alderney has asked for Jersey’s help in dealing with its bin bags as part of a £90,000 deal.

Having decided that exporting all of its waste to Guernsey was no longer feasible, the island is suggesting shipping 600 tonnes of waste to Jersey each year instead at a cost of £150 per tonne to cover processing costs – a proposal Infrastructure Minister Kevin Lewis is urging States Members to support.

The waste, States officials said, would be less than the total produced by the parish of St. Mary, and could generate energy for up to 100 homes.

Alderney says it will pay £150 per tonne to cover the cost of processing the waste.

Pictured: Jersey's Energy from Waste plant could end up taking on 600 tonnes of Alderney's rubbish.

“This is an opportunity to support our neighbours and for the islands to work together. It is also an opportunity to generate both income and electricity; and to get greater value from the investment that we’ve made in our Energy From Waste (EfW) plant by using some of its spare capacity, all by simply accepting one extra trailer of black bin bags per week,” the Minister said.

He is now planning a vote on the matter on 6 November. 

States officials said that no new staff, equipment or changes in processes would be needed to manage the change, if accepted. 

Pictured: The Infrastructure Minister is urging his fellow politicians to support the move.

“We need approval because, in 2010 when the EfW incinerator was built, Members were concerned that ash from the process would be buried in Jersey and create a legacy problem.

“Since 2016, however, we have exported all EfW ash to the UK for recycling, so the main reason for Members’ concern has been resolved and I hope that they will approve this proposal,” he added.