Experts sweep in to create new life on brownfield site

08 February 2007

WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) has started work on its first site to use high-quality compost to regenerate brownfield land.
The former Lambton Cokeworks, near Sunderland, has been earmarked for the development of 350 new houses with woodland and open space. It will use up to 50,000t of BSI PAS 100:2005 compost. The 60-hectare site forms part of the National Coalfields Regeneration Programme, managed by English Partnerships. Faber Maunsell is lead consultant on the project and GlenKemp, consultant landscape architect.
Dr Robin Davies, of Soil Environment Services, is soil scientist for the project, explains: ‘We specified green waste compost for the project as it is the best form of organic matter to manufacture soil with, especially for indigenous woodland, which will make up a large proportion of the project site.’
The site’s history of heavy mining and coke manufacture requires initial soil remediation, which involves improving the quality of the existing topsoil. The compost will be mixed with existing subsoils to manufacture new topsoils.

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