The liquid waste specialist is beginning consultations on its proposal for a new materials recycling facility at its Old Hamsey Brickworks site in South Chailey, near Lewes.
The proposed development could also see a new hazardous waste landfill facility on the site, which would be used for the disposal of stable, non-reactive hazardous waste including construction waste, contaminated soils and oil sludges.
Lloyds Environmental operations director Tim Billingham told letsrecycle.com: “We're an established wet waste services company, but we're now looking to expand to supply dry waste services – although this is largely subject to the consent for this project being granted. At this moment in time, we are in the consultation stage – we hope to submit our application later this year.”
Mr Billingham said the company is still to finalise its designs for the project, but said the recycling centre should be large enough to process about 50,000 tonnes of waste each year. The plant should take materials from Lloyds Environmental's own collection services, including cardboard, metals, glass and plastics, and from local authorities. The company is working with East Sussex council in its consultation process.
Lloyds Environmental director Paul Segal said: “MRF schemes are seen as vital in the waste industry and especially by local authorities that struggle to meet government recycling targets.”
Hazardous
The hazardous waste disposal facility on the site will be small in scale, although since it could be one of the only such facilities in the South East of England, the company said it should be important in cutting down on illegal waste disposal following the end of co-disposal in July (see letsrecycle.com story).
The company is currently carrying out a needs analysis, but said since the closest specialist sites are now located in Peterborough and Swindon, “the implications for Sussex and the South East region as a whole are considerable”.
The landfill site would be constructed on a derelict clay pit that was once part of an old brickworks. With a planned life of 12 years, it should be able to take about 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of stable, non-reactive hazardous waste each year.
Mr Billingham said: “We'll be taking stable non-reactive hazardous waste such as contaminated soils, oil silts and waste from the construction industry. We could also take WEEE at the site, but that has not been decided yet. It should be relatively small, and our intention is to use it for our own arisings.”
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