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New Merseyside Recycling Centre Construction Gets Underway

20 February 2012

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) have broken ground at the £1.5m Huyton Household Waste Recycling Centre, which is scheduled to open in spring/early summer

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: "We're very excited to get started on construction works. This is a modern, efficient and well laid out waste recycling facility. It's in a good location near a motorway junction so is easy to access for local people."

The new centre - to be managed by Veolia - will handle up to 20,000 tonnes of recyclable material each year and 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 Barhale, who built the similar South Sefton Recycling facility for MRWA in 2004. Operations director, John McHugh, said: "As one of the UK's 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 we're 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. We're hopeful that local people will welcome these new waste facilities and help increase Merseyside's level of recycling."

Darrel Moore