Six recycling centres across Nottinghamshire, including Calverton, Newark and Bilsthorpe, to reopen from May 18

Newark's recycling centre has been chosen as one of six to reopen in the county from next week.

Nottinghamshire County Council is working on preparations to safely reopen six of its 12 household waste recycling centres.

As well as Newark; Bilsthorpe, Calverton, Beeston, Hucknall and Worksop will reopen from Monday, May 18.

The centres, apart from Newark, will be open seven days a week from 10am to 6pm. Newark will be open from 10am to 4pm to avoid additional congestion on the Brunel Drive Industrial Estate.

This is the first phase and plans to reopen the remaining sites are underway.

Strict social distancing will be enforced and a one car in, one car out system will be employed; no trailers or vans will be permitted.

The sites will be running a reduced service and only the following materials can be taken:

• Garden waste
• Wood
• Cardboard
• Metals
• Electrical waste and electronic equipment
• General waste

Staff will be on-site, but will be unable to help unload due to social distancing.

Residents are reminded if they have coronavirus symptoms, are self-isolating or at a high risk of contracting the virus, they should not travel to the sites.

The county council is working with all of Nottinghamshire’s district and borough councils to support them in re-establishing bulky and green waste domestic collections.

Leader of the council, Kay Cutts, said: “At the start of lockdown, the Government gave very clear advice to only make necessary journeys and a trip to the recycling centre was not identified as an essential journey.

“I know residents are keen for recycling centres to reopen but we must do this safely and within Government guidelines around essential travel, and I would reiterate that where possible your waste should be stored safely at home in the first instance.

“For people who cannot do that, and their waste cannot be stored without causing a risk of injury, health or harm to themselves and or their family, we have chosen six sites to reopen.

"The first sites which will reopen provide the best balance of location to provide coverage across the county, on-site space to allow social distancing and ease of access to allow off-site queueing — minimising disruption on the county’s roads.

“As we start to consider steps for coming out of lockdown, I ask that people remain patient and remind them that whilst a limited number of recycling centres are reopening, they should only visit the sites if absolutely necessary.

“If the queues are lengthy at the sites when they reopen, we may have to ask residents to come back later if those queues are dangerous. We would ask people to be patient — we understand how some properties may have great difficulty storing waste during the lockdown and thank people for their patience and understanding.”

For further information visit nottinghamshire.gov.uk/reopeningrecyclingcentres

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