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Derelict site once home to the world's largest asbestos firm set for clean-up following sale to new owners

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A derelict site that was once home to the world’s largest asbestos firm is to be cleaned up following its purchase by a ‘specialist remediation company’.

The old Turner Brothers Asbestos factory, in Rochdale, has been bought by ESG Trading Limited - an outfit boasting ‘in-house experts, experienced at decontaminating and remediating complex brownfield sites’.

The 45-hectare site, off Spod Road, Spotland, has a long history of industrial use - including the manufacture of asbestos - dating back to the 19th century. READ MORE : Security boss pulled into court for letting vehicles illegally dump their rubbish in asbestos site Controversial plans to build 600 homes on the land were thrown out by Rochdale council in 2011, following a six year

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