The Recycle Centre by Charlotte.

“You see that big hill over there? That is the landfill,” I announced. “That is why all the birds are flying around it”. “Where?”  Said Michael. We were going to the Timaru Recycle Centre (Dump). Brigette turned into the driveway and we were greeted by Briony Woodnorth and another lady. They told us where to park and to watch out for two roosters.

Brigette parked the car and she hopped out. We had to stay in the cars in case a child got ran over. As we waited I waved to Penny and Isabella in Shawn’s truck.

After that we hopped out of the cars. Next we put on highlighter safety vests. Briony started telling us what we were going to do. We were going to look at the dumping place and the MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) and then drive up to the Compost Centre. As soon as Briony had stopped talking we walked up to the dumping place. Briony showed us the place where you dump and pay.

After we had looked at that we went to the MRF and saw lots of conveyer belts.  I also saw two teddies around the MRF. On the conveyer belts we saw newspaper, plastic bottles and lots of tin and aluminium cans. We also saw lots of paper on the conveyer belts. Suddenly the conveyer belts stopped and a sound like a VERY loud bumble bee filled my ears. Then Briony said, “Now you can see the squasher in action”. I was in the last group to see the squasher. This miniature digger was lifting up newspaper and putting it on what looked like an iron conveyer belt.

 Then we walked back to the cars and drove up to the compost centre with our hazard lights on. When we got there we watched a big machine. It smelled like my brothers room and trust me that’s bad! After that she showed us a big machine that covers the compost. Apparently the boys that work there love it because they are able to drive forwards, backwards and sideways. Then we learnt a bit more about compost and after that we went back to the cars. We drove back to school. It was a fun trip and I learnt loads. I hope we go back some day.

By Charlotte

This is the machine that covers the compost.