Ramsey Commissioners to ask NCAS committee to open reuse shed 

Follows a petition which more than 1,000 residents have signed 

Ramsey Commissioners have agreed to ask the Northern Civic Amenity Site Joint Committee to reopen the reuse site.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to get the area reopened.

It was closed due to financial constraints after Bride Commissioners stopped paying into the site. 

Following an email to the local authority asking for recycling to be ‘tackled’ locally Commissioner Juan McGuinness said the services requested by the resident should be provided by the NCAS and not the commissioners.

Otherwise, he said, the local authority could end up carrying the burden of costs for a service all residents in the north needed:

Commissioner Lamara Craine also said something needed to be done to stop ‘misinformation’ about the NCAS situation.

She said it was something that had caused ‘ill will’ against the committee adding there was a lot of ‘vital’ information which Ramsey, Bride and the rest of the north need to know about.

Chair Rob Cowell said the board had its ‘hands tied’ with the situation and the NCAS committee were on the ‘back foot’:

Commissioner Adam Beighton agreed with him and said it would help combat some of the misinformation being spread:

Mr McGuinness’ proposal was approved by six votes to two and a further debate was held in private.