Waste - the Big Picture
A number of issues have recently changed attitudes to waste management throughout Europe:
- increasing concern over greenhouse gas emissions from landfill sites and the consequences for global warming
- danger from pollution
- the need to live in a more sustainable manner
- the need to conserve resources such as oil and metals through
- the limited availability of space for landfill sites
In 2009, West Sussex County Council is due to let the Materials Resource Management Contract. This will deal with 'black bag' rubbish that is not currently recycled or composted through the Household Waste Recycling Contract and is presently being land filled.
Landfill is no longer considered a sustainable option for waste disposal due to valuable resources being lost and resulting in the use of unnecessary raw materials and manufacturing processes.
Changing the way we manage our recycling and rubbish, which is a journey from Rubbish to Resource, will make an important contribution to improving the quality of life in West Sussex.
In 2004, the Recycling and Waste Handling Contract was let to Viridor Waste Management Ltd. This contract is known as Reclaim West Sussex. Since this time, the recycling rate in West Sussex has increased from 22% to 37.8%. This is a tremendous achievement! To find out more, click on the link below.
A multi-million pound flagship project being built for West Sussex County Council at Ford Airfield is on time to revolutionise recycling throughout the county by early 2009.
Ford Material Recycling Facility (MRF)