Bring bank recycling will be scrapped from the end of this month.
Closing the sites at Salerie Corner, Waitrose Rohais and Longfrie will save around £100,000 a year.
Bins for textiles and books, which are run privately, are expected to remain open.
In 2022, 597 tonnes of glass were deposited at the bring bank sites, around a third of the amount collected through kerbside, and a figure that has remained pretty consistent in the last three years.
There was also 574 tonnes of cardboard and 141 tonnes of paper left at the bring banks last year, again an amount that has remained steady.
Pictured: Of the 3,100 tonnes of paper and card recycled in 2022, nearly a quarter was collected through bring banks. This tended to be bulkier cardboard items.
States’ Trading Supervisory Board president Peter Roffey had been using the bring banks for all his recycling.
“What tipped the balance for me was the States decision last year to partially fund the cost of household waste from general revenue, rather than relying solely on user charges,” he said.
“This means the £100,000 we spend each year on providing the bring banks is £100,000 that can’t be spent on essential services.
“The STSB could not justify that when there is an alternative way for households to dispose of their recyclable waste via the kerbside collections, which is free to use. I am sorry for those, like me, who are going to have to adapt but Guernsey’s financial situation simply does not permit spending on duplicated collection systems.”
As at the end of November, Guernsey Waste was posting a loss of £2.1m. for the year so far.
Facilities for dropping off glass and bulky cardboard are available at the Household Waste & Recycling Centre at Longue Hougue, along with bins for clear and blue kerbside bags.
Guernsey Waste’s operations manager, Sarah Robinson, said: “Ten years ago we were reliant on bring banks for our household recycling. Since then the amount being recycled has increased significantly, but the proportion collected via bring banks has consistently fallen. That is a result of the popularity of kerbside collections, which the vast majority of households prefer.
“Post-Covid, the amount we collect through bring banks has fallen to such an extent we can no longer justify the cost of these facilities when other alternatives are readily available.”
Pictured: Collection bins for textiles and books, which are operated by a private contractor on behalf of charities, are expected to remain open.
Kerbside collections were introduced in 2014.
A survey last year of more than 1,800 islanders found that 2% of households were solely reliant on bring banks to recycle paper, plastics, cartons, and tins/cans, and 3% for all their cardboard.
8% of households relied solely on bring banks to recycle all their bottles and jars.
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