Pictures from the Edmonton Waste Management Centre

Looking out the window onto the recycling.

The equipment  moving the recycling as it begins its journey.

Watching the sorting of recycling.

Paper and cardboard being sent to be recycled.

Interested students listening to the guide's (Neil) talk about recycling.

More students listening to Neil.

Neil demonstrating what can and cannot be recycled.

One of the gears from inside a sorting machine - massive!

Looking at the electronic waste mountain near GEEP.



Listening to Neil talk inside GEEP.


One of the chain sections that is used to smash electronics into recycle-able sized pieces.

Composting.

Thanks to Ms. Wheatley who came along.

Compost station.







Garbage Fluff is turned into biofuels - ethanol and methanol.
We had a great trip - ask your child to explain his or her favourite part of the morning.

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