Both islands are looking to ship their non-recyclable waste to Jersey to be burnt in the new £100 million incinerator at La Collette.
Guernsey public service officials visited Jersey on Monday to discuss the idea with the Transport department. John Rive, assistant director of solid waste at Transport and Technical Services, said: ‘Jersey was able to say that yes, it is technically possible for Guernsey to ship its waste to us, as we have spare capacity in the incinerator.
‘However, at this time, Jersey is unable to give exact costs as we are only in the final stages of taking over the energy-from-waste plant from the contractors and will not know concrete figures until we have been running the plant for a little while.’
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