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Developing Middlemore Lane and Fryers Road HWRCs

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Overview

There are currently two household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in Walsall:

  • Merchants Way, Aldridge
  • Fryers Road, Bloxwich

We are improving our HWRCs and waste disposal facilities. We’re doing this by:

  • building a new 'super' HWRC at Middlemore Lane, Aldridge (the former McKechnie Brass Ltd works site) to replace Merchants Way.
  • moving the waste transfer station (WTS) from Fryers Road to Middlemore Lane (next to the new HWRC). This is because the current WTS is inefficient and can't cope with increasing demands.
  • redeveloping Fryers Road HWRC to improve facilities for residents.

How we're making the improvements

We’re doing the work in phases:

  1. Build new facilities at Middlemore Lane (in process – we expect work to be completed by Autumn 2025).
  2. Close Fryers Road for re-development.
  3. Open the new Middlemore Lane HWRC.
  4. Re-open Fryers Road HWRC.
  5. Close Merchants Way HWRC.

You can find out more about how the work is progressing, social value and environmental highlights in Morgan Sindall's project update.

Benefits to residents

The new facilities will:

  • reduce queuing and the impact on local roads
  • increase the range of items that can be recycled and re-used
  • include re-use schemes with charitable partners
  • introduce a small trader scheme for local businesses to dispose of their waste
  • provide capacity to deal with our waste as the population grows 
  • generate renewable energy - solar panels on both sites will provide a lot of the energy they need
  • include landscaping and green roofs where possible
  • enable us to meet the requirements of the Environment Bill and net zero goals
  • ensure compliance with environmental legislation

We will also be introducing a weekly food waste collection service by the end of March 2026.

Background to the development

We held public engagement sessions in October and December 2021. We also invited you to have your say in our consultation.

The process of selecting a site took several years. We decided that Middlemore Lane was the most appropriate location, considering:

  • the environmental impact
  • planning policy
  • compatibility of land uses
  • land availability
  • economic factors

If you have any concerns about the construction works, you can contact the developers, Morgan Sindall.

Images of the new Middlemore Lane facility

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