Biffa working in partnership with West Sussex County Council to significantly reduce the amount of non-recycled ‘black bag’ household rubbish West Sussex sends to landfill.
Welcome to Biffa West Sussex Ltd’s website about the flagship Mechanical Biological Treatment facility that we are building to the north of Horsham.
We are building this facility as part of a 25-year contract with West Sussex County Council to significantly reduce the amount of non-recycled ‘black bag’ household rubbish West Sussex sends to landfill.
The new facility will manage the County’s black bag rubbish and turn as much of it as possible into a resource, using tried and tested Mechanical Biological Treatment technology.
We have created this website to provide information on how the facility will turn rubbish into a resource, on the construction works taking place on site and, in time, to provide information on our operations.
January 2012 - MBT Main Building construction progress
More update photos of progress on site can be found here
Latest Information - January 2012
- The MBT construction has taken big steps forward. So far in excess of 17,043m3 (cubic metres) of concrete has been poured, 2166 tonnes of reinforcement installed and 2389 metres of drainage laid.
- In excess of 60,000 m3 of soil has been reused on site.
- The Anaerobic Digestion (AD) farm has seen a lot of progress and works are still on-going.
- The waste reception pits are now complete.
- The steel frame to the main building is now complete in its entirety with the final steelwork to the viewing gallery having been erected in late August.
- The roof to the process building is complete.
- The erection of the Process and Dryer building steel frame is complete and cladding installation, floor slabs and concrete walls are progressing well.
- The pedestrian tunnel that links the visitors centre to the process building began construction in January and is now complete. The visitors centre steel frame is complete.
The three month look ahead includes:
- More of the processing equipment will be installed within the main building.
- We will continue with the internal fit out works in the process building.
- Cranes will be installed in the Reception Halls
