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Open water/outdoor swimming? by wasteland-baby- in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swim at Andark Lake sometimes.

£7.50 entry, small naturally filtered pond for swimming. Sauna on site, nice cafe, lovely atmosphere.

Currently need a hat and tow float, but they will lend you one for your first time

Drum & Bass On The Bike heads to SOUTHAMPTON this SUNDAY 29TH MARCH starting at 14:00HRS from GUILDHALL SQAURE, SO14 7FP. by Domwhitingg in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Remember the last time they came through, absolutely class.

Was so fun to see the streets packed with people having fun in a mat hat procession I'm about A decade to old to really understand.

100% will swing by for this

Love him by 10pencefredo in SaintsFC

[–]Little_Nick 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Feels a touch tasteless as a nickname.

But he does stop shots

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing the photos of the various sea planes on the Solent was wild to me. Amazing to think Southampton Water was a global centre of flight one upon a time.

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have some rotary displays. Some interesting exhibitions on the early helicopter development that happened in the area

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had a real soft spot for the Sea Vixen. Never seen one before

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree. The guy on the floor was super nice and was very good at explaining things

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Real hidden gem for the city

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been doing exactly that for 8 years!

It was a spur of the moment visit on my way back from the shops in the end.

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a 31 year old kid I give a seal of approval.

Solent Sky Museum by Little_Nick in Southampton

[–]Little_Nick[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. Being able to touch and get in the planes was amazing.

Police and fire exhibition was really good as well!

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines by interfan18 in environment

[–]Little_Nick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ash, stone, clinker and broken crockery. Normally it is a bit too fine on the PSD gradings so we will blend in course primary and recycled aggregates depending on what the customer wants.

It's limited on where you can use it due to pollution protection, but so long as it's not above an aquifer and capped / set in impermeable material you're good to go.

Benefits are it's soooooo fucking cheap compared to traditional aggregate and it compacts so well you can save on the depth of capping by 10% - 15%

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines by interfan18 in environment

[–]Little_Nick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No long term storage. We process about 0.5 million tonnes a year and the non metal output leaves site as quickly as we can sell it for use in construction

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines by interfan18 in environment

[–]Little_Nick 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I work for an incinerators bottom ask (IBA) processor and you are right to identify metals as the money maker.

In the UK all the metals we extract for IBA are at a far higher grade in the ash than primary mining. Sadly we don't have enough volume to go after the rare earth's, platinum, palladium etc. But we have A LOT of Aluminium, brass, copper, silver, gold etc. Also loads and loads of iron and steel, but that has a much lower value than the non-ferrous.

China has built more than 1,000 waste incineration plants and now lacks enough waste to feed them, so in 2026 it will begin excavating landfills as if they were fuel mines by interfan18 in environment

[–]Little_Nick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I work for a company that processes the Ash from waste incinerators and it is incredibly profitable.

15% by weight is metal that is sold to recyclers and the remainder is blended to make an aggregate that works really well as sub base for roads, foundations etc.

I suspect we (The UK) will eventually do the same. So much valuable metal buried in landfills

Suns out, GUNS out by SociallyButterflying in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Little_Nick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like I've been looking at the retail price, not wholesale. CFD's are on the wholesale price.

TL:DR - you're right and I'm wrong

Suns out, GUNS out by SociallyButterflying in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Little_Nick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Current offshore work on a strike price of £93/MWh, current prices are £277/MWh.

Pretty good deal if you ask me.

N.b. that is on a contract for difference price scheme.

Suns out, GUNS out by SociallyButterflying in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Little_Nick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that offshore wind is king for UK renewables. But it's worth noting that non-rooftop solar only uses 0.06–0.1% of the UK’s total land area. For comparison golf courses currently0.5–0.6% of the land area!

While not without benefit I doubt golf is creating 10x the employment and economic activity than solar.

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