Gateshead Council is the first in the country to order new security-rated perimeter fencing from Zaun for its newly modernised waste transfer station and recycling centre that opened on July 1.
The Campground Household Waste & Recycling Centre (HWRC) at Wrekenton reopened after a 14-month redevelopment of the 25-year-old site.
The modernised HWRC is bigger, has a roof to shelter users, more recycling containers and new one-way roads. A 200-metre perimeter has been enclosed by Zaun’s SR1 rated HISec fence panels, posts and double leaf gates.
A variety of 31 Zaun installations at heights of anything above two metres and at gradients up to 12 degrees have been SR rated to LPS 1175 from the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB), as tested by the Buildings Research Establishment.
To maintain accreditation and a listing in the LPCB Red Book (www.redbooklive.com
Colin Huntington, head of waste services and grounds maintenance at Gateshead Council, said: “The new centre will be totally secure and will be a great facility for our residents and help us in our quest to boost recycling rates to 50pc by 2020.”
