Good morning Mastodon!
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I ended up parking my bike in the covered racks at the newly built (2023 it turns out, but it still feels new to me) Marsh Barton station and walking back. See we can invest in infrastructure if we try!
@afewbugs Oooh, those are pretty decent! Roof could be a bit wider, but well spaced!
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@afewbugs Oooh, those are pretty decent! Roof could be a bit wider, but well spaced!
@afewbugs (I am also interested in the energy recovery centre, honest, just love a bit of decent bike infra
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
@afewbugs So is this a place that basically burns all the stuff? Or is that also yet to be determined?
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@afewbugs So is this a place that basically burns all the stuff? Or is that also yet to be determined?
@afewbugs Ah, found https://www.viridor.co.uk/erf-virtual-tour/
Burninating it is indeed. Have fun! Much looking forward to your report.
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs Extremely jealous! Please post plenty of pics.
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
@afewbugs Go on! Touch stuff!!!!
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Even as late as 2014 the temperature and pressure safety limits were set too high for various types of steel. And any non destructive testing back in the 80s was probably not good enough to detect early methane build up.
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I cycled here and am stupidly early because I was (justifiably as it turns out) worried about bike parking, so you're just going to have to entertain me till 9:45, sorry folks. The back of the building is actually much more interesting than the front, I spotted it from a distance not just by the chimney but the flock of swifts swooping overhead, presumably catching flies drawn to the rubbish.
@afewbugs That’s a Jawa Sandcrawler in disguise!
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs This sounds fascinating, looking forward to hearing about it. I was all a tingle a few weeks ago when the local water treatment plant had an open house. Three species of swallows and purple martins! And voted best tasting water in the state.
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs I have extremely clear memories of the field trip to a plant where plywood was made. It was insanely cool!
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs ooh, just the other day I saw a GWR Marsh Barton badge for sale https://www.gwrsouvenirs.co.uk/GWR/p-GWR147
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
@afewbugs what are all the things in the room you're not allowed to touch ?
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
@afewbugs They said don’t touch ANYTHING. I’m sure that includes your phone. 🤪
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs I walk past that place multiple times a week, it’s pretty dystopian.
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@afewbugs you're clearly very dedicated to bike riding, given that closeness of the rail station.
It's not very nice weather today down here in Devon for cycling, albeit the rain is quite light.
A regularly cycle past Marsh Barton, and expect to do so at the weekend, but I'm very much a fair weather cyclist.@marjolica it's a lovely ride beside the water up from St Davids, and completely flat
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
You'll be relieved to know (or maybe not) that I stopped posting because the tour started, not because I touched something I shouldn't have and blew up the entire Marsh Barton industrial estate. It was an extremely cool tour. I took some notes but apparently the presentation is going to be emailed to us later so I'll go back and add any facts and figures I missed.
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You'll be relieved to know (or maybe not) that I stopped posting because the tour started, not because I touched something I shouldn't have and blew up the entire Marsh Barton industrial estate. It was an extremely cool tour. I took some notes but apparently the presentation is going to be emailed to us later so I'll go back and add any facts and figures I missed.
@afewbugs Phew... the explosion wouldn't have been good.
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Good morning Mastodon! Remember when you were in primary school and went on school trips to places teachers though were important or free, and retained nothing from them except for who was sick on whom on the way there? Now you're older and nerdier did you ever think "Actually it might be really interesting to visit a major piece of civic infrastructure and learn how it works?" Just me? Well I was in luck today because the University sustainability team has organised a tour of #Exeter Energy Recovery Facility in #MarshBarton, where all our non-recyclable rubbish ends up.
https://www.viridor.co.uk/energy/energy-recovery-facilities/exeter-erf/
@afewbugs@social.coop being from a somewhat rural area, we were brought to farms, bakeries, stuff like that. I loved each one of those trips, partly because we got to sample freshly harvested or made food. -
You'll be relieved to know (or maybe not) that I stopped posting because the tour started, not because I touched something I shouldn't have and blew up the entire Marsh Barton industrial estate. It was an extremely cool tour. I took some notes but apparently the presentation is going to be emailed to us later so I'll go back and add any facts and figures I missed.
So the Exeter energy-from-waste facility, along with another one in Plymouth, opened for operation in 2015. Before that Devon recycled 55% of its waste and sent the remaining 45% to landfill. Now it recycles 56% (not a massive improvement in that time!), sends 43% to EFW and only 1% goes to landfill.
Managing closed landfill is still a massive logistical and financial operation for Devon County Council, which has responsibility for 58 of them, some of which date from before 1950 when records began so they don't even know what's in them. I didn't realise how much ongoing maintenance they need, but methane has to be flared off periodically and leachate has to be cleaned up before it can contaminate waterways.
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They have now put me in a room with coffee to await the rest of the tour group and instructed me not to touch anything, so I'm back on Mastodon to distract me from the irresistible urge to touch everything
@afewbugs it's great you can get adult group tours for this, instead of waiting until popular youtubers manage to get themselves s invited in
