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
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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