Household
Waste
Gloucestershire
produces about 290,000 tonnes of
household rubbish a year and at
the moment around 70% of this is
buried in landfill sites.
Landfill
sites are basically just holes
in the ground
where rubbish
is buried. Our two landfill
sites - at Hempsted, Gloucester
and
Wingmoor Farm, Bishop's
Cleeve - are nearly full. And
at
current rates they
will
be
full in the
next 10 to 15 years.
Landfill
sites are unpopular and finding
space for a
new one is
very difficult. It is
important for us to find a more
environmentally
friendly way of dealing
with our waste.
Find
out more at www.wasteonline.org.uk
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