Heap of Trouble

This imaginative display, supported by the Environment Agency and Cory Environmental, is filled with rubbish, and so it should be - it highlights ways by which the public can reduce, re-use and recycle waste.

The initial concept sprang from a BBC1 landmark project called ‘A Land Worth Loving’. The programme, which aired in September 2002, took a long, hard look at the quality of life in Britain today. Taking a month’s rubbish collected from one Bristol family and displaying in a mini-landfill site at the Zoo is something some families might consider akin to airing their dirty underwear. Nevertheless visitors to the Zoo can now witness, through a glass front, just how slowly rubbish rots.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Reduce, reuse, recycle
The mini landfill is part of a whole new exhibit aiming to highlight to Zoo visitors the scale of waste-disposal and encourage them to reduce, re-use and recycle. The recycling gallery shows the way that each of us can make small changes that make a big difference and there is an interactive programme, which offers a game, quiz or information about the 3Rs. To find out more on-line visit the reduce, reuse, recycle section on the menu to the right