DESTRUCTOR WILL GO

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 149, 27 June 1933, Page 9

DESTRUCTOR WILL GO

MODERN METHOD CHEAPER,

THE BRADFORD SYSTEM

Speaking at Island Bay last night, Mr. E. A. Wright, M.P., expressed tho opinion,-that in the fairly near future Wellington would do away with its present main system of refuse disposal, at the. city.destructor, and would adopt the cheaper and fully efficient Bradford system of disposal. < Briefly, said/Mr. Wright, the Bradford system of refuse disposal was the tipping of refuse on suitable sites under' rigidly controlled conditions. The refuse was tipped to a depth never exceeding six feet, and was spread in a layer to predetermined levels. All tins were either squashed flat or filled.with spoil and placed.upright at the bottom of tho tip, and the whole was made as solid as possible and at once covered with a six-inch thick layer of soil raked level. The solid mass prevented rats or vermin nesting'or existing, and the soil covering deodorised and prevented any unsightliness. In two to three years the, whole mass, by bacteriological action, had become sweet fertile soil and a valuable- horticultural asset. The English Ministry of Health last year circularised the municipalities advising .that wherever-../possible .'and suitable the system should be adopted. ' Objection might be raised that flies were abundant in the vicinity of the tip, said Mr., Wright,,- but the reply was that the flies came in with the refuse vehicles and were quickly killed off by spraying, which was carried out frequently during the .whole operation. Bradford had had.five destructors in use, but these wera now closed down, the saving being £72,000 per annum. In Bradford the refuse tips had^been matfe- into parks, play areas, - hospital grounds, gardens, etc., thus Creating out of waste land valuable assets. In Wellington, at Melrpse Street, Island Bay, a private section had.been filled in on those lines, and a garden adjoining a new house was being formed. At Friend Street, Earori, a- large section was nearly completed, and .; at Central Park tipping was in operation to form sports grounds. At Maranui, Lyall Bay, a start was being made to convert an unsightly tin and rubbish dump into picnic grounds. >The configuration of Wellington lent itself particularly to this type of refuse ■disposal, and the elimination of the destructor should materialise within a comparatively short time, I Mr. Wright concluded._ -' ; "■ ''