Too many of our Deputies are still stuck on the idea that we must have a large bespoke magical waste plant that will somehow disappear all our waste into thin air.... there is no such thing!  And to chase that dream will cost us all dearly.  The present Suez proposal is going to cost us, the guernsey people, tens of millions.... no! ... hundreds of millions more than we need to be spending and it will be our children that will be picking up the bill for the next 30 years.

Because we do not have to sort our waste at source, much of what we throw away becomes contaminated with the dirty wet waste in our bins.  Therefore, a comparatively small amount of money spent on waste reduction and waste separation at source would enable us to extract a far higher percentage of recyclates.  The minute that that is done, there is no need for a large waste plant.  Any equipment that we do need can be bought off the shelf for pocket money (in comparison to Suez).

We do not need the Suez plant, and we do not need to replace it with any other large waste plant.  We already have lots of small companies dealing with recycling waste.  Allow them to develop within strict environmental guidelines and provide them with the space that they need.... Longue Hougue would be perfect. With source separation, there would be very little that could not be recycled. What is left.... the TRUE ‘residual’ waste, would be a fraction of the 45,000 destined to go to Suez, and could be either landfilled because it would be inert, or shipped to Jersey.  

It is vital that we let our Deputies know that we do not want them to proceed with the Suez contract.  The minute the contract is signed, we are committed to spending over a hundred million pounds, the vast majority of which will leave the island.  Please encourage friends and family to get involved.....we will only have ourselves to blame if we do not succeed in changing the Deputies minds.