INFORMATION IS STARTING to leak out about our £105 million (plus) incinerator commonly known as" de faye's folly".
It is now quite clear that Jersey's infamous refuse operation is far too big for the amount of waste Jersey has to burn. When I chaired a scrutiny panel looking at the plans back in 2006 this was also our conclusion but, as is usual, our evidence was ignored. Deputy Rob Duhamel was on that panel and he researched a lot of the evidence regarding the incinerator and knows the subject inside out and back to front. He is now the Minister for Planning and Environment and has a lot of influence over what is going to happen at this la Collette monstrosity. I am sure he will not put up with much of the rubbish that is coming out of the mouths of the public servants responsible
The publlc servants responsible want to ship waste in from Guernsey and Alderney so that we can use the spare capacity and keep the fires burning. I know that he has strong views against this, which includes the problem of the ash that results from burning garbage.
I also can't see him agreeing to allowing the plan to put the ash it in a giant plastic sack and let it float off Collette which has struck me as an "off the wall" plan being highly unstable and a huge threat to the protected sea areas of the Bay. I believe that is a dead duck.
Further more, the spin masters at Technical Services have told us that the fact that Bellozanne will still be the place where households can drop off their rubbish and ordinary domestic vehicles cannot go down to the incinerator at La Collette. This was sold to the people of Jersey as being an advantage to the general public.. But, in fact, the reason is that the incinerator has been built so close to the fuel tanks holding the island's petrol there that only commercial vehicles are permitted to use La Collette due to health and safety regulations.
And I further hear that senior executives at the JEC don' think they will get much value in terms of electricity from the plant, which was sold to us as an" an energy from waste plant Only candlepower by the sound of it..
The incinerator drama goes on and on and on.......
It is now quite clear that Jersey's infamous refuse operation is far too big for the amount of waste Jersey has to burn. When I chaired a scrutiny panel looking at the plans back in 2006 this was also our conclusion but, as is usual, our evidence was ignored. Deputy Rob Duhamel was on that panel and he researched a lot of the evidence regarding the incinerator and knows the subject inside out and back to front. He is now the Minister for Planning and Environment and has a lot of influence over what is going to happen at this la Collette monstrosity. I am sure he will not put up with much of the rubbish that is coming out of the mouths of the public servants responsible
The publlc servants responsible want to ship waste in from Guernsey and Alderney so that we can use the spare capacity and keep the fires burning. I know that he has strong views against this, which includes the problem of the ash that results from burning garbage.
I also can't see him agreeing to allowing the plan to put the ash it in a giant plastic sack and let it float off Collette which has struck me as an "off the wall" plan being highly unstable and a huge threat to the protected sea areas of the Bay. I believe that is a dead duck.
Further more, the spin masters at Technical Services have told us that the fact that Bellozanne will still be the place where households can drop off their rubbish and ordinary domestic vehicles cannot go down to the incinerator at La Collette. This was sold to the people of Jersey as being an advantage to the general public.. But, in fact, the reason is that the incinerator has been built so close to the fuel tanks holding the island's petrol there that only commercial vehicles are permitted to use La Collette due to health and safety regulations.
And I further hear that senior executives at the JEC don' think they will get much value in terms of electricity from the plant, which was sold to us as an" an energy from waste plant Only candlepower by the sound of it..
The incinerator drama goes on and on and on.......
Dear Mr Vibert,
ReplyDeleteAt Planetjersey they have just put up the voting record of politicians on some of the big issues. Deputy Rob Duhamel voted "no" to importing rubbish to burn, which supports your view that he is not pro-incinerator.
http://planetjersey.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3283.0.html
We traveled many miles together to look at alternatives when we were on Scrutiny. He was always opposed to incinerating rubbish. Now as an environmentalist he will do his best, I am sure, to make sure that the environment is protected against the way the incinerator operates. I am sure of that ...
ReplyDeleteTed your comments on Duhamel are interesting,
ReplyDeleteas only see him in St Saviour once every 3 years,
That may be so but I know he does a lot of work on scrutiny and as assistant minister. Now that he is a Minister he has an even greater workload. If you want to see him why not phone him and ask to meet you to have a chat. He's that accessible..
ReplyDeleteWhen I had a problem in St Saviour I contacted Jeremy Macon who went out of his way to help.
ReplyDeleteThat's fine, that's what a deputy should do. Glad you were looked after by Jeremy,who is proving to be a good deputy ted v.
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