Guernsey Waste is responsible for black bag waste, and recyclables. It manages the waste site at Longue Hougue, the tip at Mont Cuet and the green waste site. 

It had expected to make a loss with an anticipated shortfall in income from black bag stickers because people are recycling more which currently remains free.

Confirming its operating surplus (before depreciation) for 2022 of £172k compared to its budgeted deficit of £1,308k, Guernsey Waste said it's mainly down to the increased inert waste revenue and increased tonnages being sent to the Household Waste and Recycling Centre at Longue Hougue.

Pictured: The recycling and waste centre at Longue Hougue.

Guernsey Waste underspent last year against its forecast expenditure too, with the postponed inert waste project being partially responsible for the improved financial position too. That is likely to have an impact on the 2023 accounts if the expenditure comes out of this year's budgets instead.

Next year's accounts should also reflect the decision to close the remaining bring banks which was expected to save £100,000 a year in operating costs.

The sites at Salerie Corner, Waitrose Rohais and the Longfrie had bins for glass, plastic, paper and cardboard waste which have now been removed. Bins for textiles and books, which are run privately, have remained.

Pictured: Out 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.

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 Guernsey Waste said had remained pretty consistent over the previous three years.

There was also 574 tonnes of cardboard and 141 tonnes of paper left at the bring banks during 2022, again an amount that has remained steady.

Kerbside collections were introduced in 2014 and a survey last year of more than 1,800 islanders found that 2% of households were using bring banks to recycle paper, plastics, cartons, and tins/cans, and 3% for all their cardboard. 8% of households used bring banks to recycle all their bottles and jars.

Pictured: Green stickers for bags up to 90L cost £2.92 while orange stickers for bags up to 50L cost £1.62.

Guernsey Waste put up its charges for household rubbish collections in July 2022 because of its expected losses for the year.

The charge for disposing of a standard household waste bag went up by 22p, while the annual waste charge will increase by £7.97 per household.

The charge for a 90l bag is £2.92 with the annual collection charge now £97.97, up from £90 previously.

The increases introduced last summer were the second since the current charging arrangements were introduced in 2019, and the first for 18 months. 

Excluding parish collection charges, households are expected to pay on average around £170 per year for all their waste and recycling services.

This covers the sorting, processing, export and treatment costs for general rubbish, food waste and recycling.

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