Avenue Recycling Ltd. are proud to, once again, partner with Market Place Europe in the hosting of Belfast’s famous Continental Christmas Market at City Hall. Avenue have been providing comprehensive waste management and recycling services to the Christmas Market since 2010.
The Belfast Christmas Market is a festive family favourite, with so many great things to see, eat, drink, and do. Family attractions at the Christmas Markets include a traditional carousel, snow globe and Santa’s Grotto, ensuring there is something for all the family.
Through the dark days of winter, Christmas Markets inject a blaze of heart-warming colour and festive cheer into towns and cities. They take shoppers on a gastronomic journey around the globe.
Festive favourites include crepes from France, Belgian chocolates and an exotic selection of ostrich, wild boar and crocodile burgers, giant bratwurst, Spanish paella, and nougat from Italy. All this alongside the very best in local food arts and crafts.
Handmade gifts carefully crafted by traders from around the world are showcased seven days a week in the lead up to Christmas.
There are over 100 Chalets representing 30 countries including local food producers along with two continental bars.
This event attracts over 1 million visitors over the 5 weeks, leading up to Christmas. The market opens on Saturday 19th November
Avenue Recycling Ltd. are integral to the smooth running of this hugely popular annual event. In conjunction with the management team of Market Place Europe, it’s our responsibility to ensure the market is run in an environmentally sustainable way.
The Christmas Continental Market produces in excess of 120 tonnes of waste every year.
We provide a complete waste management service for all traders and public generated wastes.
- Avenue Recycling manage the recycling and diversion of various waste streams to include the following wastes:
- Cardboard
- Glass
- Plastic
- Wood
- Food
- Mixed dry recyclables
- Cooking oil
- Kitchen wastewater
- In 2021 the Christmas market produced 128.6 tonnes of waste of which over 89% was diverted from landfill and only just over 10% was sent to landfill.
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