Warwickshire Direct

Household Waste Recycling Centre Consultation 2011

This consultation is now closed the results will be made available shortly.

Background

During 2010, a complete review of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in Warwickshire was initiated. Part of this review covered finding budget savings of over £900,000 by 2012 from the nine sites and the disposal of green waste and recycling that comes from them.

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The Proposal

It is proposed that eight of Warwickshire County Council’s nine Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will remain open seven days a week.

The other site, Stockton, near Southam, would become one of Britain’s first recycling centres run by the voluntary sector along with Wellesbourne. Stockton is currently only open three days a week.

The proposed future delivery of the service would see the Government’s Big Society agenda implemented locally at Wellesbourne and Stockton, where the community will help run the sites. This will enable seven day opening to remain at the eight busiest sites.

Under the new proposed arrangements, Grendon in North Warwickshire, Hunters Lane in Rugby, Cherry Orchard in Kenilworth, Princes Drive in Leamington, Burton Farm in Stratford and Shipston will be operated directly by Warwickshire County Council with weekday opening reduced to six hours a day.

Shipston, Lower House Farm – the North Warwickshire replacement for Grendon - and Cherry Orchard have re-use shops which will be run by a voluntary sector organisation for the benefit of the community, while Nuneaton will have a new facility built and operated by the private sector.

The County Council would still maintain overarching control of all the sites, including provision of technical and management support.

It is further proposed that across all the sites, an open bag policy will be introduced on site to reduce recyclable waste being put in the residual skip and sent to landfill.

Proposed new opening hours at the HWRCs are;

*Shipston will only open until 12:30 on a Saturday and Sunday

** Not affecting Stockton

Please Note: Last admittance onto site will be 15 minutes before the site closes

Questionnaire

The consultation will be open for a period of 4 weeks, closing on Sunday 14th August.

• Contact details

  • Waste Management

    Email

    waste@warwickshire.gov.uk

    Telephone

    01926 412593 01926 412593

    Address

    PO Box 43
    Shire Hall
    Warwick
    CV34 4SX
    

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