Repurpose, Reenergise, Reinvent our world: Cotesbach 2030

This type of proposal can only come forward on a very small number of unique sites, of which Cotesbach is one.

Cotesbach is one of the few sites in the UK with the right infrastructure, history, and strategic transport links (Rugby Railhead, London Railhead’s, M1, M6, A5) to host this type of sector-leading project.

With local planning policy indicating that there will be no new landfill sites brought forward in Leicestershire, Cotesbach is the county’s long-term solution for managing waste responsibly. Transforming operations at the existing landfill and creating an exemplar circular economy hub for recycling, clean energy, and nature recovery will ensure this strategically important site will continue to be an important infrastructure asset for the next generation.

Our plans for Cotesbach will be a UK-first, bringing together multiple complementary processes which will sit side‑by‑side so that outputs from one become inputs for another. The SRF plant will divert nearly 200,000 tonnes of waste from entering the Cotesbach landfill and will create a useable fuel which will replace the burning of coal in cement manufacture; cleaned landfill gas becomes biomethane for homes and captured CO₂ for industry; treated leachate byproduct from the landfill will be cleaned and reused as water on site; and on‑site renewables power the whole system. This circularity is only possible at an existing waste site such as Cotesbach.

The Cotesbach project is unrelated to the proposed new quarry at Misterton and serves a distinct and separate function, both economically and within the wider Tarmac business. To read more, please click here.