Suppling and installing nearly 1,000 concrete retaining walls to a waste recycling centre in Walsall

A brand new recycling centre capable of handling 40,000 tonnes of waste each year has opened on a former brownfield site in the heart of Walsall.

The facility has been created on six hectares of previously waterlogged land at Middlemore Lane. Thought to be Europe’s largest household waste recycling centre, it boasts 19 bays, each housing two skips, allowing residents to recycle everything from electrical items and batteries to household chemicals, oils, textiles and glass. A reuse shop has also been created on site to further enhance its functionality and community benefit, as well as a waste transfer station, where waste is sorted and prepared for onward transport to recycling and disposal facilities.

The £32m project was funded by Walsall Council as part of its long-term environmental strategy to divert waste away from landfill and create a cleaner and greener borough. Morgan Sindall Construction was contracted to engineer and deliver the state-of-the-art scheme and associated infrastructure, including weighbridges, service yards and ventilation systems.

Poundfield played a key role by supplying and installing its robust retaining wall systems to support the construction of this major facility.

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