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4 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
45 mins
Crapper and Sons run a landfill site that manages 200 trucks of waste a day. At Marylebone station, cleaners fight against a never-ending tide of rubbish.
Episode 2
45 mins
Workers at Dungeness A decommissioned nuclear power station in Kent, have to deal with radioactive rubbish. Security staff at Stansted Airport sort through wheelie bins full of prohibited items removed from passengers.
Episode 3
45 mins
In Nottingham, a waste-burning furnace incinerates 180,000 tonnes of rubbish annually creating energy for nearby homes. In Glasgow a father and son recycle tons of clothing. Staff clean up after a heavy metal concert.
Episode 4
45 mins
Scientists from the University of Surrey show methods used to clean up some of the thousands of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth. A specialist waste disposal team tackles asbestos. Glass from a bottle bank is recycled as a jam jar.