What Goes on Inside Leeds’ Vertical Garden and the Tallest 'Living Wall'
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What goes on inside Leeds’ stunning vertical garden - a £140m recycling facility that creates enough power for 20,000 homes across the region.
The Leeds Recycling and Energy Recovery facility (RERF) is the flagship development at the heart of Leeds’ integrated waste strategy for the next two decades.
The striking 138ft tall building is believed to be one of the tallest timber buildings on the continent.
Built near Pontefract Lane at the site of the former Leeds wholesale markets, the incinerator is responsible for dealing with all the black bag bin waste in the city.
Leeds City Council said the facility at Cross Green will burn up to 150,000 tonnes of landfill waste a year.
It was opened in April 2016, and costs the council a staggering £555m to build and run the facility over the next 25 years.
But the council said it would save roughly £200m compared to the expenses to pay in landfill taxes.
From the Living Architecture Monitor
