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Issue 21, Spring 2007

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R e c y c l e f o r H a m p s h i r e

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Duke of York officially opens Portsmouth ERF

Portsmouth’s award-winning Integra South East Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), which is managed by Veolia Environmental Services under contract with Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth and Southampton City Councils, was officially opened on 12 December by HRH The Duke of York.

His Royal Highness heard speeches explaining the impact the facility has in providing a seamless waste management service for the residents of Portsmouth before unveiling a commemorative plaque. The Duke then toured the site to see first-hand how the plant is operated and met the staff who manage it on a daily basis.

The Duke said: “This is an immense step and a very brave and sensible step on the road to greater understanding of how we should manage our waste. I think everyone would agree that environmental husbandry is vital for our future security.”

The ERF processes 165,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste annually, while simultaneously generating 14MW of electricity which is enough to power 14,000 homes.

Designed by Jean-Robert Mazaud with an emphasis on high quality materials, curves and colours, the building is pleasing to the eye whilst relatively discreet. This is reflected in the trio of design awards recently won by the ERF. Jean-Robert was also present at the opening, and discussed the building’s architectural merits with the Duke during his tour of the facility.

Veolia Environmental Services’ Chief Executive for UK and Northern Europe, Cyrille du Peloux, said: “We are delighted that HRH The Duke of York has so kindly agreed to open the Integra South East ERF”.

“This represents another significant investment in Hampshire’s waste management system which is rightly regarded as an example of best practice nationwide.”

Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Environment, Cllr Mel Kendal, said: “Just three years ago all Hampshire waste that couldn’t be recycled was sent to landfill. Now, with the introduction of three energy recovery facilities - of which this Portsmouth building is one example - we divert four fifths of all waste away from landfill. This is an enviable achievement, the result of partnership working, and we’re edging ever closer to the day when we can eliminate landfill disposal for Hampshire’s household waste.”

Dave Heritage explains his job at Portsmouth ERF to The Duke of York

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Householders turn aluminium cans into trees!

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Recycling… from your kerbside and beyond!

The latest figures released by The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) revealed that Hampshire has topped the table for diverting domestic waste from landfill in the UK. Last year Project Integra successfully recycled, composted or recovered energy from over 81% of its household waste.

This table topping performance is due to a recycling rate approaching 32% for the county and three state of the art energy recovery facilities that enable the vast majority of waste that isn’t presently recycled to have energy generated from it. This energy is sufficient to power the equivalent of 40,000 Hampshire homes. Unaudited figures for the current financial year show that some authorities in Hampshire are continuing to improve their recycling performance with figures rising towards 35%.

Improvements to recycling collections such as the introduction or extension of glass and garden waste collections, together with an increase in the number of authorities introducing alternate weekly collections, have all contributed to the rise in our recycling rate. In addition, improvements to the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) network including extensions to the sites at Segensworth and Basingstoke have not only made the service better for Hampshire householders, but increased the current HWRC recycling rate to almost 60%.

It is hoped that future developments like these together with the help of Hampshire residents in recycling more, will help us reach our target to recycle or compost 50% of waste by 2010.

As Spring is upon us, thoughts turn to spring-cleaning and de-cluttering our homes. As dedicated avid recyclers, we at Waste Watchers publishing headquarters are sure you all know what can be recycled through the kerbside collections in Hampshire. But do you know all the different ways and types of rubbish that can be recycled?

From the kerbside (normal collections)

• Newspapers, pamphlets and magazines;

• Paper, card and cardboard packaging;

• Food and drink cans (washed out);

• Plastic bottles (without the lids).

In some areas of Hampshire there are kerbside collections of glass, but throughout the county you can take your empty glass containers to HWRCs (there are 26 in Hampshire), or to one of the 1,600 bottle banks. If you don’t know where your nearest HWRC or bottle bank is, why not look it up at www.recycleforhampshire.org.uk. All the glass recycled in Hampshire is sorted at the glass processing facility on Southampton Docks.

Other types of waste you can recycle through HWRCs are:

• Green waste – this goes to make Pro-Grow, an organic soil conditioner.

• Metal (all different types) – sold to re-processors who melt down the metal for new products.

• Wood – can be shredded or chipped to make chipboard or MDF products, or used to make animal bedding.

• Textiles – if not re-used, old textiles can be made into cleaning cloths.

• Batteries – lead, cadmium, iron, nickel, hydrogen, plastic, mercury, zinc and lithium can all be recovered and used to ......make new products. 11 HWRCs are licensed to take batteries, the Recycle for Hampshire website lists all of them.

• Soil and rubble (hard core) – restricted amounts are accepted, but this can be used by the construction industry.

• Cardboard and paper – collected in paper banks, and then sent to paper and cardboard mills for recycling.

Re-useable items can also be taken to the HWRCs, so other people can pick up items in good condition for a reasonable price. Some items you may see for sale at HWRCs:

• Furniture;

• Vinyl records, CDs and videos;

• China and crockery;

• Decorative ornaments;

• New or nearly-new clothing and textiles;

• Sporting equipment;

• All sorts of bric-a-brac.

But what about the more difficult to recycle items? What can you do with Yellow Pages, aluminium foil, and so on…?

• Yellow Pages – these can be put into paper banks at most HWRCs and paper banks around the county for recycling. Look out for special Yellow Pages

banks too.

• Aluminium Foil – not suitable for kerbside collections, but this can be put into the metal bin at your local HWRC. Food wrappers sometimes look like foil, or may even

say ‘foil wrapped’, but this type of plastic cannot be recycled. The ‘Scrunch’ test will help you – if it stays screwed up, it’s foil, but if it opens back out again, it’s plastic.

• Mobile phones, spectacles and crockery - Most charity shops will take mobiles or spectacles where they are given to third world countries. Charity shops will re-use old crockery where

appropriate – although do not place crockery in bottle banks.

• Books – Oxfam provides book recycling banks throughout Hampshire – look out for the small green banks. 75% of the books from these banks are sold in Oxfam shops across Britain and the funds raised support thousands of projects in poorer countries. The remaining books are sent for recycling like other paper products, or can be recycled into animal bedding.

• Anything else? If you have items that you don’t want but you think someone else could use, why not try “freecycling”. Offer your items for free to anyone locally who will collect. Visit http://www.ecyclebin.com/ or http://www.recycle.co.uk/ and have a look!

Less waste to landfill

Instead of throwing your unwanted items away, why not see how much you can recycle this spring?

Hampshire is becoming greener in more ways than one thanks to the combined recycling efforts of its residents. By recycling cans instead of making them from raw materials, 95% of the energy is saved, and this has helped the environment by providing trees for local communities.

Through the Project Integra partnership, each tonne of aluminium cans collected from Hampshire homes last year was exchanged for a tree by the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro). As Hampshire householders recycled an impressive 2,000 tonnes of aluminium cans, this amounts to just over 2,000 new trees, which have been shared between each of the local authorities in the partnership and Veolia Environmental Services.

Community groups and schools all over the county are now benefiting from this generous donation. Over the next month, Gosport’s Midweek Conservation Volunteers will be busy planting Gosport Borough Council’s Alupro trees in the Alver Valley, extending an area of oak woodland planted by local children in 2005. Here the saplings can grow alongside well established woodland for many years to come. Meanwhile, in Portchester, the children of Northern Junior School have planted Fareham Borough Council’s 125 trees in the school grounds, where they will make up part of a new educational conservation area and hopefully attract some interesting wildlife.

Not only will they make Hampshire’s schools and open spaces look green and healthy, but as the saplings grow they will clean the air too. All this from just recycling cans ... well done Hampshire!

Staff profile Kieran started work for New Forest District Council as a Recycling Advisor in August 2006. Here he promotes recycling and waste minimisation, educates residents about waste issues and collects their feedback. Previously, he studied for a degree in Design and Manufacture at Plymouth, and moved to Southampton to work as a bio-plastics engineer for a local packaging firm. He enjoys his current job and feels his engineering background is helpful in explaining recycling processes to the community.

Kieran Vandenbosch

Householders turn cans into trees!

Amanda Robb and Nicola Williams from Basingstoke's Parks and Gardens

Breaking News...Have you ever wanted to visit one of Project Integra's Energy Recovery Facilities or maybe a Materials Recovery Facility? Now is your chance! We will be holding open days in 2007 where members of the public can visit and be shown around (by appointment only). If you are interested email Hampshire Enquiries@veolia.co.uk to register your name, contact details and where you would like to visit. We will then contact you with further information.

Team pick up native saplings supplied by the Alupro ‘Trees for Cans’ scheme

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