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Westray Zero Waste Centre Print E-mail
The main aim of the Westray Zero Waste Centre project is to develop a community reuse and recycling facility at the Gallowhill site (on the road to the turbine). Orkney Biofuels is already using part of this site for manufacture and storage of the biodiesel they are making from the recycled cooking oil that O.I.C. collects throughout Orkney.

The next stage being planned is to access funding to develop a further 40 x 40 metre area of the site and erect a large shed. This will then enable us to really get going on reuse and further recycling projects. The first project on the site is likely to be the collection, storage and selling of reusable items - furniture, small household goods, bric-a-brac, clothing, etc.

Since the charity shop at Unit 1 closed it has been missed by people wanting to both donate and to buy small items. The Waste Project will be working with volunteers and charities to make sure that there is once again a place to bring items, and a way to channel some of the proceeds back to charity. At the same time we are investigating the feasibility of using some of the recyclates already being collected by O.I.C. (glass, paper, and cans in particular), as well as how we might collect and use other types of recyclable materials (for example cardboard, scrap metal and building materials).

The Waste Project Manager is Corinne Curtis, phone 677 789. Corinne welcomes any ideas from Westray residents, and would particularly like to hear from people who want to be part of the project planning group; who have a regular supply of recyclable material; or who could make use of a particular type of material if it was collected at the site.

Update (September 2010):

 Planning permission received: 

We can now proceed with development of the Gallowhill site as a Westray Zero Waste Centre.

 Funding applications:

We are still looking for further funding for site development and buildings.

 Funding received:

INCREASE Small grant of £5000: for purchase of Krysteline glass imploder

Awards for All: £10,000: purchase of Can crusher and baler.

 

Update (October 2010):

The can and glass processing machines have now been ordered and will be arriving on Westray this month.  We will be trialling them between now and the end of March 2011 and monitoring time taken and volumes processed.   Once we have these figures we will be able to make some recommendations about how the ongoing project is managed.

 To view the Westray Zero Waste Centre outline plan please go to the community development and project reports section of documents area.