Monkey with a Mission
His name is Captain Busta and aided by his trusty, but slightly smelly, engineer Pong, he has arrived on earth with a mission to explore how well we are doing to prevent and deal with waste.
Busta and Pong are characters devised by Wastebuster to interact with primary age children and inspire them to be a generation that really cares about the environment.
The new MRF is so much more than just a sorting centre for items that can be recycled. It contains an education room and viewing platform where community groups can learn about waste and how step-by-step West Sussex is tackling the issue.
During school visits youngsters will get to know Busta and Pong, who are the current face of the Recycle Now Schools Campaign, led by WRAP, the central government Waste and Resource Action Programme.
The education centre is the first in the country to feature the duo whose exploits are being promoted via education packs in schools across the UK.
web: www.recycleforwestsussex.org
phone: 01243 642106
email: fordeducation@viridor.co.uk
…and it’s not the end of the story
There is always going to be waste that simply cannot be recycled but there are exciting plans to turn it into a valuable resource.
A state of the art facility is being planned in West Sussex that has the potential to turn our non-recycled waste into eco-friendly fuel.
Subject to planning and operating permissions, it will turn rubbish into compost and electricity by mechanically shredding the waste and separating the parts that easily rot.
This will be treated to produce a fuel
gas that can be used for buses or even the lorries taking waste to the site!
The remaining material is also turned
into a fuel that can be used in a variety
of processes such as cement kilns as a substitute for fossil fuels.