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Recycling boost for Charnwood

Posted on 04/01/2009

Leicestershire Councty Council Highways, Transportation & Waste Management

19 December 2008

Recycling boost for Charnwood

Recycling in Charnwood is set for a major boost after the County Council agreed to buy land for a new household waste site.

Leicestershire County Council is proposing to replace the recycling and household waste site in Sileby with a state-of-the-art facility on an industrial estate in Mountsorrel.

Nick Rushton, the Council’s deputy leader, said: “This is a win-win for local residents we will replace a cramped, outdated site with a state-of-the-art facility with excellent access, which will make recycling even easier for local residents.

“If anyone wants to see how effective our new-look sites are, they only have to visit our site in Loughborough, which has proved to be really popular.”

The current site at Sileby is at the end of a narrow, residential street and suffers from poor access.

Based on an industrial estate on Granite Way, the proposed Mountsorrel site will offer:

• Improved access to the site and also to recycling containers

• Better signage

• A full range of recycling facilities, for everything from aluminium cans to yogurt pots

The news comes after Charnwood Borough Council’s Cabinet agreed to sell land at Mountsorrel to the County Council yesterday (Thursday).

The County Council will submit a planning application in spring 2009. Subject to approval, the new site will be launched in spring 2010. The site at Sileby will remain open until then.