Poster image: Walsall ERF under construction as of May 2025.

Encyclis has announced the start of full-scale construction on Walsall Energy Recovery Facility following the completion of groundworks. The new Energy-from-Waste facility is due to begin operations in 2027 and will provide the West Midlands with up to 478,000 tonnes per year of residual waste treatment capacity.

The project’s principal engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, Kanadevia Inova (KVI) has now fully mobilised at the site following the completion of groundworks ahead of schedule by local contractor McAuliffe.

Walsall ERF will strengthen Encyclis’ core fleet of Energy-from-Waste facilities in the Midlands region of England, alongside Rookery South ERF in Bedfordshire, Newhurst ERF in Leicestershire, and Protos ERF in Cheshire.

Encyclis CEO Owen Michaelson said:

We are immensely proud to see the facility beginning to take shape now, with full construction progressing very well. When complete, this facility will provide the region with modern infrastructure that not only delivers an essential public sanitation service but generates baseload electricity and enables heat export for a potential district heat network in the community. There’s a clear need to enable the recovery of resources from unrecyclable waste as we transition to a more circular economy. We are building a facility that will deliver that capability, while also providing skilled jobs and supply chain opportunities that will benefit the local economy.”

Walsall ERF will be the sixth of Encyclis' EfW facilities, four of which are already fully operational, with Protos in Cheshire also under construction. When complete, these combined facilities will process up to 300,000 tonnes of ash per year, bringing Encyclis closer to its target of achieving 100% circularity in operations by 2030.