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Encyclopedia > Adswood tip
Part of Cheadle Hulme's Seven Arches Railway Viaduct
Part of Cheadle Hulme's Seven Arches Railway Viaduct

Adswood tip and the Adswood Eco Centre is a civic amenity centre and closed landfill located between Adswood and Cheadle Hulme. It is bordered by the Lady Brook (Micker Brook) and Seven Arches Railway Viaduct, part of the West Coast Main Line.There has been plans to transform the site into an airpark (car park) for Manchester Airport.[1] Adswood Ecocentre is on waste management site licensed to take asbestos waste for the Stockport area.[2] Adswood Ecocentre also houses a distinctive salt storage building visible whilst passing by on the train.[3] A civic amenity site (or CA site)is a facility where the public can dispose of household waste and also often containing recycling points. ... Albury landfill, Surrey, England A landfill, also known as a dump (US) or a tip (UK), is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. ... Adswood is a village in the English metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. ... Cheadle Hulme (population 28,952 in the 2001 census) is a small town on the southern periphery of Stockport (a large town on the southern edge of the English city of Manchester). ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN, ICAO: EGCC) is an airport in Manchester, England. ... For the company, see Waste Management, Inc. ... Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek : a, not and sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of minerals that can be fibrous, many of which are metamorphic and are hydrous magnesium silicates. ... Waste inside a wheelie bin Waste, rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk is unwanted or undesired material. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


Adswood Eco Centre was opened in May 1997 when it was estimated it would dispose of over 10,000 tonnes of waste each year with at least 40 per cent of the rubbish to be recycled. The Ecocentre was part of Stockport's successful bid to become a 'Beacon Council' for waste management in the UK.[4] For the company, see Waste Management, Inc. ...



Topics related to waste management edit
Anaerobic digestion | Composting | Incineration | Landfill | Mechanical biological treatment | Radioactive waste | Recycling | Regiving | Sewerage | Waste | Waste collection | Waste sorting | Waste hierarchy | Waste management | Waste management concepts | Waste legislation | Waste treatment technology

For the company, see Waste Management, Inc. ... Waste sorting is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. ... The waste hierarchy: reduce, reuse, recycle Main article: waste minimisation Main article: reuse Main article: recycling Waste hierarchy The waste hierarchy classifies waste management strategies according to their desirability. ...

References

  1. ^ Tip site could still be turned into car park Stockport Express
  2. ^ Stockport MBC
  3. ^ Salt Storage Building CUBE
  4. ^ Tip workers demand tip for directions Stockport Express


 
 

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