The Avenue, Chesterfield’s former coking works, gets a facelift

It was one of the most polluted sites in Western Europe. Thanks to SUEZ’s intervention, this industrial wasteland, which had formerly seen coal and then coking works, has been completely sanitised and cleaned. The owner’s project consisted of providing the inhabitants of Chesterfield in the UK with a site for activities, leisure and housing, as well as a base for small and medium-sized businesses
The mission

To restore the seriously polluted site of a former coking works to its natural condition

98
hectares
of land to be depolluted
2.5
millions m3
of materials to be excavated
600,000
m3
of contaminated soil and sludge to be treated
Our solution

To help the local authorities to achieve their ecological ambitions

The results
400,000
tonnes
of sludge and soil treated by thermal desorption
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