Following Carolyn Dwyer's presentation on recycling levels in the Barbican at
the AGM, the recycling team have arranged a visit for residents to the Veolia
Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Southwark where the City's dry recyclables
are sorted and it is also the collection centre for food waste which is then
bulked up with other Borough's waste for processing at a site in
Kent.
Having visited one of these facilities before it is a really
interesting opportunity to see exactly what happens to our recycling. The
itinerary is as follows:
Date of Visit 29 July 2016
10.00 - Presentation on the site/ H & S
briefing
10.20 - Don Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
10.30 - Tour
the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
11.00 - Tour the Mechanical and
Biological Treatment (MBT)
11.20 - Tour the Recycling Discovery Centre
(RDC)
11.35 - Remove PPE
11.40 - Q&A
12.00 -
Depart
Veolia can accommodate up to 20 visitors - so if you or anyone
from your house group would be interested in joining the trip please let me
know. The site is easily reached by public transport - either via the Northern
Line to Elephant and then a 172, 453 or 53 bus - or a 172 bus from Little
Britain. The site visit is not suitable for anyone fitted with a pacemaker nor,
unfortunately, for wheelchair users or those with walking aids.
If you would like to come please get in touch via the contact page
