Jun 21, 2009

York Valley Landfill

After a class visit to the Re-cycling Centre and the Re-use Centre off Pascoe Street, we finished our field trip by driving up to the Landfill at York Valley to see what happens to Nelson's trash that can't be re-cycled or re-used.

OOOH!! POOH!! STINK!! YUCK!! WHO MADE ALL THAT RUBBISH??!!



After watching the machines at work and rubbish trucks dumping their loads we were able to ask Kevin Nilsen the manager of the landfill, our inquiry learning questions. Kevin answered our questions and told us many interesting facts about the landfill. We learned lots - one of the fascinating things is that the smelly methane gas that is formed by the compacting and decomposing of the rubbish is piped to Nelson Public Hospital where it is used for heating the whole of the hospital.

ROOM 13 SURE WERE IMPRESSED BY THE YORK VALLEY LANDFILL!!

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  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 6:08 PM

    These heavy trucks unloading their loads pay a big role for this land fill. When we think of the trucks we always got in our minds bucket trucks which sometimes dubbed as the cherry picker. This is true where this equipment really helps in jobs where height is the matter. You can have your work on an easy time with its helping purpose.

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  2. AnonymousJune 30, 2009 at 6:59 PM

    Good work guys. It's a shame to see that we are making so much rubbish to polute our planet. It is a good reminder that we should all try to reduce our own rubbish.

    Shaun Cooper
    (Jaspers Dad)

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