Islanders who fail to recycle clean glass could be ‘labelled’

Islanders who fail to recycle clean glass could be ‘labelled’

The move follows a recent crackdown by the Recycling Centre to tackle the rise in hazardous and plastic waste being delivered along with glass to La Collette, making it impossible to crush and re-use at the centre.

And it comes at the same time as the launch of the Infrastructure Department-led Just Glass campaign, aimed at tackling waste deposits by educating residents, waste refuge companies and local Parishes about the impact it is having on the centre and environment.

Last week, Emma Richardson-Calledine, DfI recycling manager, gave a tour of the glass reception at La Collette to Parish Constables and waste contractors to show the severity of the problem.

She confirmed that Parishes will be now be marking recycling bins that are too contaminated with blue stickers and leaving them on the road, along with instructions telling residents to either, wait for the next glass collection or explaining where they can take it. Mrs Richardson-Calledine added the department are also looking at other ways of dealing with the problem.

‘We are at the early stages of this campaign and hope that the issue can be solved quickly and simply by approaching it in a few different ways depending on the situation and whether the Parish or resident is a repeat offender,’ said Mrs Richardson-Calledine.

The department will be monitoring which residents and Parishes are continually being marked with stickers.

‘If there is a Parish with a high volume of contaminated bins we can educate them in how to tackle it and in the case of a resident, we can approach them directly,’ she added.

In addition to enabling Parishes to mark and refuse to collect contaminated bins, Mrs Richardson-Calledine said other approaches may include sending DfI staff to recycling points across the Island to monitor what is being deposited.

‘Depending on how quickly the issue revolves itself, we [DfI] may attend residential committee meetings to explain best practice to people living in any Parishes with a high percentage of contaminated glass deposits.’

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