Meadowhall (shopping centre) stop is located 15 minutes from the city centre and Meadowhall is used as a park and ride. The Yellow Line from Meadowhall passes the Sheffield Arena, Ice Sheffield, the Institute Of Sport and the Valley Centertainment entertainment complex. The interchange has a large bus station with routes covering most of South Yorkshire, but especially the local Sheffield and Rotherham area. There is a multi-platform railway station at Meadowhall which has several routes to and from Doncaster, Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly. The Centre has won awards, including two awards for innovative events at the ICSC maxi awards 2006, held in
Meadowhall (shopping centre) Chicago and two awards for its Retail Bonding Programme (in best Retail Partnership category) and also for its commercialisation, (adding value to the customer shopping experience) at the BCSC Purple Apple Awards in London. The centre recycles 97% of waste from retailers and customers, with the remaining three percent going to incineration with energy recovery; no waste goes to landfill. Meadowhall was the first UK shopping centre to develop an on-site recycling facility. The Resource Recovery Centre, which opened in 2006, operates a conveyor belt system to separate out types of waste, from paper to plastic, cardboard to cans. Meadowhall