The exporting of waste from Alderney is set to last three years

At this week's Alderney States meeting, members voted to export the island's waste to Guernsey.

Alderney States engineer Steve Smith said that now island politicians have given approval for the scheme it can be in place relatively quickly.

Mr Smith said the new equipment, which will cost the island �120,000, should be operational within 10 weeks.

The island plans to use this method of disposal for the next three years, as the States believes it only provides a temporary solution.

The move overturns a previous decision to bring in a batch oxidation system, which deals with waste by allowing it to smoulder in a sealed chamber.