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All-Island waste management approach 'too fragmented' - Baker

MHK claims Department of Infrastructure 'contaminating the Island'

The infrastructure minister says the approach to waste and recycling management is currently 'too fragmented'.

Tim Baker was speaking after the subject was debated in Tynwald this week.

It's after the landfill site, Wright's Pit North in Bride, remained open as a result of no other options locally.

It was originally due to close at the end of December (2020).

Garff MHK Daphne Caine has been highly critical of the Island's current position, and says the DoI need a sense of urgency:

Meanwhile Mr Baker says the issue is high on his agenda, but concedes aspects of the strategy need revisiting:

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