After reaching a peak production level of 738 million bricks in 1973, demand for bricks declined and the LBC (trading as Easidispose) signed an agreement the following year to re-use its empty clay pits as landfill transported from London. One or two daily container trains began transporting 1,000 tons of waste from Hendon to handling facilities at Stewartby.
After reaching a high production level of 738 million bricks in 1973, brick demand fell. The LBC (Easidispose) signed an agreement the following year to repurpose its clay pits as landfill for waste transported from London by container trains. These trains carried up to 1,000 tons of waste daily to handling facilities at Stewartby.