Our afternoon trip to the Veolia facility is now fully booked, so our programme delivery partner Garden Organic has arranged this second opportunity for Greening Communities to explore what happens to our waste after it leaves our homes, and consider how this can inform local action on waste prevention. Please note that children aged 7 and over are welcome on this trip. More information below.
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Join Paddy Halling from Garden Organic on a visit to Veolia’s Portsmouth Energy Recovery Facility and Materials Recycling Facility, where Hampshire residents’ kerbside waste is taken for energy recovery, and recycling for sorting and processing. You’ll get a tour of the facilities, including the Energy Recovery Facility, where non-recyclable residual waste is safely incinerated, generating electricity to power thousands of Hampshire homes, and the Materials Recycling Facility, where recyclable waste is sorted.
The tour provides a fascinating and eye-opening insight into the scale and complexity of Hampshire’s waste and recycling system. You’ll see the huge quantities of waste arriving at the Energy Recovery Facility (210,000 tonnes per annum), alongside the processes involved in sorting recyclable materials, is a powerful reminder of the need for waste prevention before recycling.
You’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions and learn more about waste management and recycling in Hampshire, as well as to share ideas and experiences with other Greening Campaign Champions and volunteers.
You’ll come away with:
- A better understanding of what happens to our household waste and recycling after it is collected
- An insight into how Hampshire’s Energy Recovery Facility processes non-recyclable residual waste
- The opportunity to ask questions about waste management and recycling in Hampshire
- New connections with Greening Campaign Champions and volunteers working on waste prevention across Hampshire
- Ideas, insights and inspiration to take back to your community and help encourage waste prevention
Who it’s for
Greening Campaign Champions and volunteers (and children aged 7 and over under their care) who are interested in waste prevention, recycling and understanding what happens to our waste after it leaves our homes.
You don’t need previous experience of running a waste prevention project to attend.
Event details
When: Monday 26 October, 9- 10.30am. Arrival should be about 15 mins prior to the start of the tour, to be issued PPE.
Where: Veolia Portsmouth Energy Recovery Facility and Materials Recycling Facility, Quartremaine Rd, Portsmouth, PO3 5QH
Accessibility: attendees need to be fairly physically able as there is a lot of walking and going up and down stairs. People with pacemakers will not be allowed to access the Materials Recycling Facility. Everyone is required to wear flat enclosed shoes, trousers and long sleeves.
Travel: 10 minutes walk from Hilsea train station.
Parking: on site; car sharing is recommended.
**Note that we’re planning an informal coffee meet-up after the tour.**
This will be an opportunity for everyone joining either the afternoon or morning tour to meet up with each other and our Waste Prevention Pillar Expert Rob, and Project Coordinator Paddy, have a coffee and share ideas and experiences on Waste Prevention.
📅 Monday 26 October
☕ 11am
📍 The Golden Hind, 384 Copnor Road, Portsmouth PO3 5EN
If you’re joining either tour, please come along.
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