Beddington Farmlands Landfill Site: Difference between revisions
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Beddington landfill was developed by | Beddington landfill was developed by Thames Waste Management commencing in the early-1990s. It is located to the 2 km to the west of Croydon | ||
The previous use of the site was as a sewage farm associated with the adjoining sewage treatment plant. Sewage farms comprise areas of land used to process and treat sewage sludge to manufacture a soil fertiliser product. They were more commonly used in the 19th and early 20th century than they are nowadays. | The previous use of the site was as a sewage farm associated with the adjoining sewage treatment plant. Sewage farms comprise areas of land used to process and treat sewage sludge to manufacture a soil fertiliser product. They were more commonly used in the 19th and early 20th century than they are nowadays. | ||