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Thames infrastructure · Nine Elms, SW8 The waste station nobody photographs — and the £20m plan to make you look at it Beside Battersea Power Station , a 1970s depot quietly takes 260,000 tonnes of London’s rubbish a year and floats it down the river. Its owners want to rebuild it as something the city can actually see. Throughput 260,000 t a year Built 1970s Serves 4 boroughs Project value up to £20m Station Cringle Dock WTS Operator Western Riverside Waste Authority Design Grimshaw Architects & WSP UK Status Early design phase 01 The asset A river port for rubbish, in the middle of a regeneration story Cringle Dock is a waste transfer station : a place where the contents of thousands of bins are tipped, bulked up, and reloaded onto barges instead of lorries. It sits on the Thames at Nine Elms, d...

One Bin to Rule Them All: The London Waste Plant Serving 4 Boroughs at Once London • Waste & Climate One Bin to Rule Them All: The London Waste Plant Serving 4 Boroughs at Once You put your black bag out on a Tuesday. By Wednesday you’ve forgotten about it. But if you live in South London, it’s just started a second life. By Editorial Team • 5 min read • Updated September 2026 You put your black bag out on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, you’ve forgotten about it. But your rubbish has just started a second life — and if you live in Croydon , Kingston , Merton or Sutton , it’s all going to the same place. Welcome to Beddington. The facility no one wants to talk about, but everyone uses Tucked off Beddington Lane in Sutton, the Beddington Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is not pretty. It’s big, loud, and industrial. It’s also kind of a miracle. This one state-of-the-art plant treats most of the residual waste — your non-recyc...