Smelly Friday

Last Friday we had a very smelly day out.  We went to visit the Huge recycling centre at Waterbeach.  We met a friend called Jon at the Queen Mary Centre many months ago.  He showed us some really good ideas about things to do with rubbish.  We made bird feeders out of old drink bottles which are still hanging in our gardens.  He also gave us some pencils that were made from old CDs.


Jon works for Amey who run the 500 acre site at Waterbeach. He invited us to go and have a look around.  It took a few months but last Friday we went.


We had a great day and learnt a lot about rubbish.   Jon showed us all the huge machines that separate the different types of junk into nice neat bundles that are then taken away to be used again. 


We also went onto the enormous heap of rubbish that couldn't be recycled.  We found this to be very worrying as it will cause so much pollution.  Jon helped us to understand how we can all make a difference by being careful about what we throw out and which bin to put it in so that it can be recycled and not thrown into the ground. 


Here are some photos of the stings we saw.

Here we are ready to go outside.

This huge hill is all rubbish covered in earth.

This is a new site being dug ready for even more rubbish.

Here are some of the bundles of plastic ready to be recycled.



One of the sorting machines in action.

We are watching the machine do its work.

These things are huge



More rubbish being sorted.

As you can see, we saw a lot of very interesting things.  It helped us to understand how our own recycling can help to  make the country a much better place to live in.


We are very grateful to Jon for all of his time and would like to say thanks very much for a very interesting, if rather smelly day out.


Here is a link to the Amey website if you want to find out more.


Amey at Waterbeach


Thanks again to all the guys at Waterbeach and don't hesitate to contact them if you want to take a group around.  We recommend it as a really good experience.