Thursday 16 June 2011

Some carbon emissions for Cullingworth people to enjoy!

This is the chimney for the flare at Manywells, the former landfill site at Cullingworth. This is the end of a process whereby the methane gas generated by the decomposition is collected and burned at around 1000 degrees centigrade. When we visited a couple of days ago it was working - you could feel the heat as you stood near the chimney and see the hazy air above the top of the chimney.

For Cullingworth residents this is brilliant - mostly because we no longer have a closed landfill site that is unstable and contaminating the surround countryside. The beck is running clean and the only birds in evidence were swallows - no gulls, not one. Although the site remains closed - there's still some work going on and there remains some risks associated with gas - it is on a path towards being an asset to the villages rather than a smelly eyesore. At the minute it isn't going to win any prizes as a view but once the planting is completed and established it should quickly become more attractive.

And - probably in three years or so - we'll be able to get onto the top and enjoy this view:





Brilliant!

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