SHIRLEY QUARRY LANDFILL SITE.

Peterbrook Road, Majors Green, Wythall, Bromsgrove.

June 2002.

The site was originally quarried for sand and gravel in the 1970's and was filled between 1981 and 1988 with household waste. It took a volume of 1,152,750m3 over an area of 15.37 hectares. The average depth of the waste is 7.50 metres with a maximum of 12 metres and a minimum of 3 metres.

The site has an active gas control system that consists of eleven internal wells connected to a 500m3/hr candle flare stack that burns off the gas. (See above picture). This ensures that the landfill gas is flared off and burnt in a controlled manner and reduces the risk of off-site migration. Externally there are 21 monitors that are monitored weekly for landfill gas, these are around the site and in adjoining fields.

The site at present is home to a whole host of wildlife, from wild meadow flowers to pairs of lapwings.