The Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) has broken ground at the Huyton household waste recycling centre (HWRC), which is scheduled to open in spring/early summer 2012.
The new facility is being built on the site of a former HGV depot on Wilson Road, within Huyton Industrial Estate, replacing an existing older recycling centre 230 metres away on Ellis Ashton Street.
Members of the public will be able to use the recycling centre to bring all sorts of household items from paper, cardboard and bottles, to larger items such as white goods, televisions and furniture, plus lots more beside.
Councillor Joe DeAsha, chairperson of MRWA, said: Were very excited to get started on construction works. This is a modern, efficient and well laid out waste recycling facility. Its in a good location near a motorway junction so is easy to access for local people.
Design
The new recycling centre will handle up to 20,000 tonnes of recyclable material each year and has been designed to provide better traffic management with more space for queuing cars, a greater range of recycling containers and a canopy to shield visitors from bad weather.
Construction is being undertaken by Walsall-based civil engineering company Barhale, which built the similar South Sefton Recycling facility for MRWA in 2004.
Barhale operations director John McHugh said: As one of the UKs leading infrastructure specialists, Barhale is delighted to be working in partnership with MRWA. This is the second household waste recycling centre Barhale has built on Merseyside for MRWA and were pleased to be able to provide the people of Huyton with this facility.
The construction works follow a public consultation last year by MRWA which included information open days and a mail-out to 16,000 local residents and businesses.
Carl Beer, chief executive of MRWA, said: This is a major investment in Knowsley and goes hand in hand with construction works at our other Recycling Centre in Kirkby which is also due to open this year. Were hopeful that local people will welcome these new waste facilities and help increase Merseysides level of recycling.
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When open the HWRC will be managed by MRWAs contractor Veolia Environmental Services (see letsrecycle.com story).
In November 2011, the MRWA also started construction on a 1.1 million HWRC in Knowsley which is due to open in Spring 2012 (see letsrecycle.com story). The Authority operates 14 recycling centres across Merseyside.
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