Inside the ERF Tour

Veolia Sheffield is opening its doors for Inside the ERF Tour on Saturday 17 October, part of the city's Waste Wonder Day. The tour takes you inside the control room of Sheffield's Energy Recovery Facility, where you'll see where the city's general waste actually goes and what happens to it once it arrives. It's a rare look at the machinery that handles the bins we put out every week, and the tour departs from the ERF car park at the Veolia Sheffield Depot on Lumley Street, S4 7ZJ.

The tour is just one part of the day. Around the depot, there's a whole range of family activities running alongside it. The South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Team will be there explaining why putting batteries in the wrong bins is so dangerous, and a Sheffield Clothing Repair session will show you how to reuse and repair your old clothes rather than binning them. Scrap Dragon is running craft activities using scrap material, and there's a Junk Orchestra you can play along with. There's also a chance to take photos with the facility's bin wagons.

It's a free day out, and the tour is open to anyone aged 12 and over, with under-16s needing an adult. The whole thing runs from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday 17 October at the Veolia Sheffield Depot, Lumley Street, S4 7ZJ.