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SITA UK Proposes Redevelopment Of Former Wolstenholme International Site

16 August 2011

SITA UK is to submit a planning application to redevelop the former Wolstenholme International Site on Lower Eccleshill Road for a variety of waste management uses

The company recently acquired the site, which has been identified in the emerging Lancashire Minerals and Waste Development Framework as suitable for large scale built waste management facilities.

SITA's investment would allow the former Inkworks building to be redeveloped as a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), capable of sorting and baling up to 35,000 tonnes per annum of mixed dry recyclables such as paper, card, cans and plastics collected from local businesses.

SITA's business development manager, Martin Cracknell said: "The cost of developing this new facility is around £5m and will create approximately 30 jobs. It would offer an essential service for local businesses, presenting them with the means to reduce their impact on the environment through increased recycling and the diversion of waste away from landfill."

Planning consent would allow all materials delivered to the site to be unloaded, sorted and baled within the MRF building. Only the tipping of glass into a specially constructed glass holding bay, would take place outdoors.

These baled materials would then be held within a second existing building on site to await onward transport to a variety of materials reprocessors.

The Lower Eccleshill Road site is on an existing established industrial site and the development is not anticipated to present any significant impacts on the amenity of local homes and businesses.

The non-putrescible nature of the material proposed to be handled at this new facility will all but eliminate the potential for waste odours and the unloading of light materials such as paper, card and plastic within the building will significantly limit the potential for noise, dust and litter.

SITA UK intends to submit its planning application to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council towards the end of August 2011.

Darrel Moore