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RECYCLING. Comenius project Den Classenske Legatskole Spring 2013 Corfu. From useless waste to gold. In the 1960’s. Waste dump, Amager near Copenhagen. Disadvantages from using waste dumps:. Bad smell Uncontrolled fumes (pollution). Pests (visible rats, seagulls). Today:
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RECYCLING Comeniusproject Den Classenske Legatskole Spring 2013 Corfu
In the 1960’s • Waste dump, Amager near Copenhagen.
Disadvantages from using waste dumps: • Bad smell • Uncontrolled fumes (pollution). • Pests (visible rats, seagulls). Today: Pre-sorting of waste and recycling.
How to make electricity and heat from waste. • The Amager combustion • Amager, the garbageisland • The process of combusting
The incinerator Dumping the trash 2. The garbage silo, 3. The oven, here, the Here, the trucks dump here, the trash is trash gets burned by The garbage into the silo. put in the oven four ovens. by a crane. Step 4-5. When the trash gets Burned, the heat from the burning warms up water in these kettles placed here, the steam is used to produce electricity. 7. Metals that can’t burn, will be put here, where they will be reused to make roads, and other constructions 6. Here, there are turbines that produces electricity from the steam
Decrease pollution in the schools • The new building