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Waste collection is a part of the process of waste management. It is the transfer of solid waste from the point of use and disposal to the point of treatment or landfill . Waste collection also includes the curbside collection of recyclable materials that technically are not waste , as part of a municipal landfill diversion program.
The coat of arms of the municipal borough were granted in 1934 and defined as: . Shield. A pale vert (green central vertical band), representing the green of Mitcham.The centre has a fess wavy argent (silver wavy horizontal band) charged with a barulet wavy azure (blue narrow wavy bar) to indicate the ford of north Mitcham, which was once known as Whitford.
The council was founded on 10 May 1853 as the District Council of Mitcham and was the first local government area formally founded in South Australia after the City of Adelaide. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The council initially covered an area of 108 square kilometres, stretching from the Adelaide Park Lands in the north to Mount Barker Road in the east, with ...
Mitcham Common is 182 hectares (460 acres) of common land situated in south London. [1] It is predominantly in the London borough of Merton , with parts straddling the borders of Croydon and Sutton . [ 2 ]
The first occurrence of organised solid waste management system appeared in London in the late 18th century. [13] A waste collection and resource recovery system was established around the 'dust-yards'. The main constituent of municipal waste was the coal ash ('dust') which had a market value for brick-making and as a soil improver.
Mitcham Common Windmill, a post mill dating from 1806. Old Mitcham Station, on the Surrey Iron Railway route. Now called Station Court, the building was a former merchant's home and is possibly the oldest station in the world. The Tate Almshouses, built in 1829 to provide for the poor by Mary Tate. The Watermead Fishing Cottages.
A large extension to the west was completed in 1930 [4] and, after the area achieved municipal borough status, the building became known as "Mitcham Town Hall" in 1934. [8] A room on the first floor of the extension was designated for use as a courtroom in the 1930s [ 4 ] and the main hall was used as a British Restaurant during the Second ...