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Why didn’t Jersey buy the appropriate sorting gear to deal with our waste?
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From Keith Shaw.
SENATOR Jim Perchard, like many others, was staggered to discover that in 2010 Transport and Technical Services burnt 40 million tin cans weighing 860 tonnes at Bellozanne.
Assuming that tin cans are actually steel cans, plated with tin to protect food from contamination, I am unsure how much burning occurred.
Do the 40 million cans disappear during the burning process? If not, what happens to the burnt cans after being through the incinerator? Were the cans weighed before or after burning? Senator Perchard’s description of burning metal cans as ‘madness’ was spot-on.
Whereas what enters Jersey’s incinerators is the sole responsibility of TTS, I have been led to believe that no metal should go into an incinerator at any time, as it is liable to cause huge problems. So it is unfair to blame a lack of kerbside collections or interest of residents in kerbside collection or recycling for last year’s 40 million cans for a 30-year-old problem.
It is well known and admitted by John Richardson, the past TTS CEO, that large quantities of metals entered Bellozanne incinerator, causing expensive breakdowns.
Deputy Robert Duhamel commented on how a manager of a large UK incineration plant reacted when told by a senior TTS staff member that lorry tyres and vehicle engines went into the Bellozanne incinerator. He wanted to know why that was allowed.
The kerbside recycling trial scheme at Havre des Pas has now almost completed collapsed, inevitably due to a lack of space, number of bins and hygiene issues in a densely populated area. Multi-bin kerbside collections systems are expensive, unsightly, frequently unhygienic and impossible for many homes.
The Constable has restored weekly bin collections and will restore regular glass collections.
States Members saw several plants that dealt efficiently with single bin collections of domestic and light commercial waste, collected by a standard lorry and taken to a processing plant to be sorted.
The plant divides rubbish into various waste streams, which moves to appropriate areas for sorting, drying, crushing, burning or exporting/sale etc.
Why did Jersey not buy appropriate sorting technology to deal quickly and safely with our waste?
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