Blakeley’s Waste Management Ltd is currently at public consultation stages prior to submitting a planning application for an Environment Energy and Ecology Centre with an investment approaching £100 Million.
The project aims to create a recycling and treatment facility which produces electricity and renewable fuel from waste originally destined for landfill sites. It will also provide a centre for education, leisure and fishing facilities within the Wigan Borough.
Proposed Environment Energy and Ecology Centre
Material Recycling Facility
An automated Materials Recycling Facility will improve the company’s ability to separate recyclable material by using computer controlled infra red optical separation equipment.
Energy Plant
Recyclable materials contaminated with food or other organic substances, not accepted by recycling plants will be used to generate energy, through the use of an Advanced Thermal Treatment technology known as gasification.
Transfer Loading Station
A new transfer loading station will sort and seggregate the construction and demolition waste.
Plastic to Diesel Plant
Flexible plastic, which are often sent to landfill, can be transformed into diesel through a revolutionary new technology. All the equipment would be installed within the existing site buildings.
Ecology Centre
These are community focused plans in order to provide facilities for the local community. An ecology park, covering 20 acres of fields, will incorporate leisure and match fishing facilities, a wetlands area and visitor centre together with an education centre to be used by the general public, local community groups and schools.
