Derbyshire County Council will re-open household waste recycling centres ‘as soon as possible’.
Councillor Simon Spencer, Derbyshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Infrastructure, said: “We are doing all we can to get our household waste recycling centres re-open as soon as we can, but this is going to take a few weeks rather than a few days.
“I know that many people would like to see our centres open and I’d like to thank them for their patience and understanding.”
“Before we re-open we need to make sure that we consider all of the practicalities, like putting social distancing measures in place, and make sure that our contractors can deal with the waste that people bring into us, many of whom have been closed since lockdown started.”
“We’re pulling all the stops out to make this happen as quickly as possible, and as soon as we can confirm a date we will let people know.”
Councillor Spencer added: “We will also need to work with the police as we will need their agreement for plans to manage the traffic around many of our sites, especially those next to major roads.”
“And we need the Government to make it clear that visiting a site is classed as an essential journey.”
Chesterfield Borough Council have also reported receiving a high number of enquiries about thier waste collection and recycling service.
Councillor Jill Mannion-Brunt, Cabinet Member for Health & Wellbeing (right), said: “Collecting waste and recycling is one of the most important services we provide, and we will do everything we can to maintain this service during the current crisis. Please ensure you continue putting your bin out for your scheduled collection.”
Unlike some other nearby counties, Chesterfield Borough Council is continuing to collect garden waste through the green bin collections in order to stop this building up in people’s gardens and homes. They have also asked residents whose bins may have been missed to contact them to rearrange collection.
