The site of a new incinerator has been selected for a trial to try and cut pollution.

Beddington Lane, which was chosen to house a new waste facility, will be one of five locations to be treated with dust suppressant.

The technology cuts down levels of PM10, a harmful pollutant resulting from heavy traffic near industrial sites.

The Mayor of London has already highlighted Beddington Lane as a “problem area” but with the new proposed facility traffic levels are set to increase.

The new waste facility will not only deal with waste from the four boroughs who form the South London Waste Partnership (Merton, Croydon, Sutton, Kingston) but will buy waste from other councils who are looking to reduce their landfill costs.

In a bid to combat increased pollution, roads around Beddington Lane will be treated with a substance like glue that the pollutant sticks to.

It has already had an effect in central London, including Marylebone Road and the Victoria Embankment which showed a reduction in PM10 of up to 14 per cent.

Councillor Colin Hall, executive member for environment and climate change at Sutton Council, said: “Beddington Lane contains important industrial sites that are vital to the local economy, and we are working to help businesses there to thrive.

 “Sutton Council is looking at the most effective way of continuing this regeneration work, which aims to cut congestion, reduce traffic fumes and, with this trial, cut particle pollution too.”