Many waste management facilities, particularly larger scale developments, incorporate a number of ancillary buildings such as a site office and weighbridge. It is important that the design solution encompasses these elements to ensure the overall design works. Design detail is important to maintain quality in the final solution and detail should relate as much to smaller scale elements as it does to the main buildings or infrastructure.
Many new facilities incorporate education or interpretation centres, offering opportunities to explain how waste facilities work as well as promoting messages about waste strategy, minimisation and recycling. These can be a valuable education resource, complementing education objectives within local schools as well as informing the surrounding community of the operations that take place within the site.
Access to facilities for disabled visitors will need to be considered carefully. For example, which parts of the site will they be able to access and how, and will access be available for all?