Retaining walls for High Heavens Waste Transfer Station, Booker, High Wycombe

The High Heavens waste transfer station was opened in November 2015 with waste coming from the Wycombe, South Bucks and Chiltern Areas. In order to meet a forecasted increase in waste of up to 82,000 tonnes by 2041/42 (up from 55,500 tonnes) a development of the site to reconfigure some of the existing facilities, along with the construction of a new food waste handling building, was required.

Plans were drawn up to manage up to 106,000 tonnes of waste which included capacity for future contingency events.

Four new permanent bays were built to store green waste, each holding approximately 450m3 each, with one of the bays being used as a quarantine area. Additional storage for wood was to be provided by using freestanding Alfablocs.

The waste food processing building required a push wall storage bay capable of holding up to 300 m3 of food waste.