Carbon8 has awarded Mechanical & Electrical and Civil Engineering contracts to Parker Plant Ltd and Beighton Construction Ltd respectively with work on the new Leeds plant due to commence in late July, continuing into early 2018.
The new Carbon8 Leeds plant will create over 20 new jobs in the area and the new two-line facility will be capable of transforming 30,000 tonnes of waste Flue Gas Treatment residues (FGTr) from Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities into approximately 100,000 tonnes of lightweight manufactured aggregate.
Being constructed adjacent to Stocks Blocks new plant, the majority of the aggregate will be utilised onsite in the manufacture of dense and medium dense concrete blocks.
