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Learn what happens to your waste and recycling
Southwark residents and schools can visit their local waste management facility to find out what happens to their recycling.
Want to know what happens to your recycling and rubbish?
Southwark residents and school groups can get behind the scenes at your local waste management facility.
You'll get to see your:
- recycling being sorted into different streams by machine and hand
- waste processed into fuel before being sent to SELCHP (South East London Central Heating Partnership) and turned into electricity
This fuel powers 48,000 homes and provides heat and hot water to 2,800 homes.