BIODIVERSITY Coalmoor Restoration for Nature Conservation BESST Event 29 th September 2011
The World’s Largest Environmental Group
Veolia Environmental Services UK o The largest UK waste management company o Annual turnover of £1.3 billion o Employing 12,500 people o Servicing 16 million residents within 100 Local Authority areas o Servicing in excess of 75,000 UK businesses
Veolia Environmental Services Locally • Operational in Telford for over 30 years in both waste management and open cast coal mining • Wrekin Coal; Action Waste Ltd; Clay Colliery Co Ltd; Leigh Environmental Ltd; and Onyx Land Technologies • Operational landfill and commercial depot at Candles, Dog in the Lane • Recently awarded the Shropshire Integrated waste management contract with recycling facilities at Whitchurch, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Bishop’s Castle and Bridgnorth (to open in 2011/2012) • Proposed energy recovery facility at Battlefield and in-vessel composting facility at Woodhouse/ Granville
COALMOOR DP - LOCATION
COALMOOR DP – SITE LOCATION
AERIAL VIEW
COALMOOR c 1989
Under Construction in 1994
Aerial View When Operational
Operational 1995
ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS
GREAT CRESTED NEWT
DINGY SKIPPER
RESTORATION - AIMS • To create a more environmentally beneficial after-use and in so doing to assist in supporting the biodiversity of the wider area • To protect and enhance the value and significance of the Lydebrook Dingle SSSI • To support the Wrekin Forest Landscape Conservation Management Plan
RESTORATION PLAN
COALMOOR 2008
RESTORATION 2009/2010
RESTORATION 2009/2010
RESTORATION 2009/2010
RESTORATION 2009/2010
COALMOOR 2011
COALMOOR 2011
COALMOOR 2011
COALMOOR 2011
COALMOOR 2011
THE FUTURE • Aftercare • Receptor site • Biodiversity Benchmark • Public access
BRIDLEWAY
BRIDLEWAY
BRIDLEWAY
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