Energy From Waste Isle of Man

Who cares about rubbish? We all must, because we all produce bin loads of it each year. In the Isle of Man most domestic rubbish ends up in the incinerator. You put it in the wheelie bin, it goes into the fire. From batteries to aluminium it all gets heated to above 800 degrees Celius. What a waste. So come on everyone recycle all steel, paper, glass, batteries and old TV sets.
Ballaugh Cub Scout group recently had an educational visit to the Richmond Hill facility run by Sita Isle of Man. The tour was very well conducted and informative but it left a sense of sadness with this visitor. Why? Because so much is being burnt that could be reused and with less cost. The problem is that centeral government pays £100 per tonne for all rubbish that enters the site, but the local authorities only pay reimburse £10 of this for their bin lorries. So they have every reason to send as much rubbish for burning as they can, it is just so much cheaper for their ratepayers.

Manx Flower Festival 2009

Manx National week is flower week accross the Isle of Man, because many churches have Manx Heritage Flower Festival displays. It is not easy to try and capture the essence and meaning with photographs, but I have tried again this week. The pictures are on Picasaweb.

From Manx Flower Festival 2009 - St. Columba Arbory Parish Church

There are photos from Cregneash, The Howe Methodist, St. Mary's On The Harbour, Castletown, Abby Church Ballasalla, Arbory, Poxdale, St. John's Mill, Cathedral, Peel.