East Devon is good at recycling as it recycles almost 60% of the material produced in local households.
After we recycle everything we can, everything else, known as residual waste, goes to the Energy from Waste plant (EfW) in Exeter run by colleagues at Devon County Council. This means that EDDC does not use landfill to dispose of waste collected from households. At the EfW plant, the waste is used as fuel to generate electricity. At the end of the process, all of the ash produced is collected to be recycled. The ash from the combustion chamber is taken to a facility where, after metals are recovered for recycling, it is used to make construction material. The ash recovered from the flue is taken to a specialist processor to be recycled into building aggregate.
Using the EfW means, that after recycling as much as we can, we still recover as much value as possible from the refuse that is left over. However, the more that we can reduce what we use in the first place and the more we recycle from the kerbside or at household recycling centres, reduces the amount we need to send to the EfW.
To find out further information of the EfW plant, https://www.viridor.co.uk/.../energy-recovery.../exeter-erf/
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