The Coal Authority’s latest innovative collaboration has been recognised with two awards.
The ground-breaking work, to treat soil heavily contaminated with arsenic at the Mersey Gateway toll bridge site in Cheshire, won Best Re-use of Materials and Best Infrastructure Project at the 2020 Brownfield Awards.
As well as bringing sustainability benefits, by cutting carbon emissions and preventing landfill, it is estimated that being able to safely reuse the hazardous material saved around £2 million.
It is now hoped the process could be repeated at other sites where disposal or off-site treatment is not practical or economically viable.
Read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/awards-success-for-coal-authority-and-partners
