Roxby Landfill Site
Please click here to read the notes of the Roxby Liaison Meeting held on site on the 10th March 2010.
As promised, Biffa Site Manager, Mark Roberts has now provided his first update into the activities at the Roxby Landfill site.
Please click here to read what Mark has to say.
The Landfill site at Roxby has become a talking point, during recent months, due to unpleasant odours apparently emitted from the site.
Ian Cawsey met with the Environment Agency to discuss the situation, forwarded a message to residents, and highlighted the issue on his website www.iancawsey.co.uk.
Although action is being taken by the site operator (Biffa Waste Services), to eliminate odour, the Environment Agency is keen to obtain an overall view. If you haven’t yet completed Ian’s questionnaire (either manually or electronically on Ian’s website), you may wish to consider doing so.
In recent discussions, held at the site with the Site Management, Mark Roberts and Jon Menys. Jon stated that the landfill only accepts non-hazardous waste and that there are tight controls in place to ensure that only inert or commercial and domestic type wastes are accepted. Every load of waste tipped by the Operatives is done so under the eagle eyed scrutiny of compactor driver Brian Richardson who has over 10 years landfill experience.
Mark and Jon have offered to provide updated information to this website on a regular basis and I have accepted this offer.
If you would like to have your say, please email the Town Clerk at clerk@wintertoncouncil.co.uk with your comments.
In the meantime you may be interested in the following report on landfill and the conversion of waste into energy.
Roxby Landfill - A report by ‘Buddy’ for Biffa Waste Services
Hello, I would like to introduce myself - my name is "Buddy the Goshawk" and I work with my handler (Ed Sorsby) at the Roxby Landfill.
I guess you never expected to find me here but it’s a very good place for me to earn my keep.
The picture (below) should give you an idea of just how much area I have to cover in a working day. At the top left centre is Winterton and to the right, the village of Roxby.
Please click here to read the notes of the Roxby Liaison Meeting held on site on the 10th March 2010.
As promised, Biffa Site Manager, Mark Roberts has now provided his first update into the activities at the Roxby Landfill site.
Please click here to read what Mark has to say.
The Landfill site at Roxby has become a talking point, during recent months, due to unpleasant odours apparently emitted from the site.
Ian Cawsey met with the Environment Agency to discuss the situation, forwarded a message to residents, and highlighted the issue on his website www.iancawsey.co.uk.
Although action is being taken by the site operator (Biffa Waste Services), to eliminate odour, the Environment Agency is keen to obtain an overall view. If you haven’t yet completed Ian’s questionnaire (either manually or electronically on Ian’s website), you may wish to consider doing so.
In recent discussions, held at the site with the Site Management, Mark Roberts and Jon Menys. Jon stated that the landfill only accepts non-hazardous waste and that there are tight controls in place to ensure that only inert or commercial and domestic type wastes are accepted. Every load of waste tipped by the Operatives is done so under the eagle eyed scrutiny of compactor driver Brian Richardson who has over 10 years landfill experience.
Mark and Jon have offered to provide updated information to this website on a regular basis and I have accepted this offer.
If you would like to have your say, please email the Town Clerk at clerk@wintertoncouncil.co.uk with your comments.
In the meantime you may be interested in the following report on landfill and the conversion of waste into energy.
Roxby Landfill - A report by ‘Buddy’ for Biffa Waste Services
Hello, I would like to introduce myself - my name is "Buddy the Goshawk" and I work with my handler (Ed Sorsby) at the Roxby Landfill.
I guess you never expected to find me here but it’s a very good place for me to earn my keep.
The picture (below) should give you an idea of just how much area I have to cover in a working day. At the top left centre is Winterton and to the right, the village of Roxby.
Landfill sites can attract large flocks of seagulls and other scavenging birds and it’s my job to prevent them from interfering with day to day operations and to ensure that Roxby and Winterton residents are not subjected to the health and safety risks posed by the habits (and droppings) of these birds. Scavenging birds can be a serious risk to Health & Safety and I am employed to discourage them from visiting.
Mark Roberts is our Senior Site Manager and I sometimes let him think that he’s in charge. Mark doesn’t have all that much to do compared with the number of flying hours that I put in. All he has to concern himself with is the safe functioning of the site and the management of waste gas and the process that turns it into electricity.
Did I say gas and electricity? I certainly did! Let me explain!
All decomposing matter produces gas and we capture this (for the technically minded this is 60% methane) and use it to operate our generators to create electricity. The operation is very successful and our plant is capable of exporting 8 megawatts of energy to the National Grid.
In real terms this means that we convert unwanted waste into usable energy.
Previously, Mark invited all local residents to visit us so that people can see how we operate and how we attempt to solve problems before they occur. Sometimes things happen out of our immediate control and we have to put a fix in place. Unfortunately, there has been a slight increase in odour during recent weeks but we’ve managed to suppress most
of this and are well on the way to inserting additional gas collecting pipes as a permanent fix. We don’t want to lose gas any more than you would at home as it’s in our best interest to save fuel and collect as much of it as we can. When I flew over the site this morning I could see that the new pipework is ready to be put in place (see image on the right).
Once the pipe is buried we’ll start collecting the gas by sucking it through this (and many other pipes) with our vacuum unit.
Observing an activity from the sky is one thing; understanding it is a bit different. I do know that once the gas is sucked out it is somehow used to fire the generator but if you want to know anything more technical then I can’t help but I'm sure that if you visit Biffa's website at www.biffa.co.uk, one of our clever fellows will help you out.
I hope we can solve all our differences and enjoy the countryside together.
Buddy the Goshawk
Did I say gas and electricity? I certainly did! Let me explain!
All decomposing matter produces gas and we capture this (for the technically minded this is 60% methane) and use it to operate our generators to create electricity. The operation is very successful and our plant is capable of exporting 8 megawatts of energy to the National Grid.
In real terms this means that we convert unwanted waste into usable energy.
Previously, Mark invited all local residents to visit us so that people can see how we operate and how we attempt to solve problems before they occur. Sometimes things happen out of our immediate control and we have to put a fix in place. Unfortunately, there has been a slight increase in odour during recent weeks but we’ve managed to suppress most
of this and are well on the way to inserting additional gas collecting pipes as a permanent fix. We don’t want to lose gas any more than you would at home as it’s in our best interest to save fuel and collect as much of it as we can. When I flew over the site this morning I could see that the new pipework is ready to be put in place (see image on the right).
Once the pipe is buried we’ll start collecting the gas by sucking it through this (and many other pipes) with our vacuum unit.
Observing an activity from the sky is one thing; understanding it is a bit different. I do know that once the gas is sucked out it is somehow used to fire the generator but if you want to know anything more technical then I can’t help but I'm sure that if you visit Biffa's website at www.biffa.co.uk, one of our clever fellows will help you out.
I hope we can solve all our differences and enjoy the countryside together.
Buddy the Goshawk
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