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Cumbria County Council

Public consultation on proposals for changes to Cumbria’s household waste recycling centres

Have your sayThis consultation runs

from 9 January 2012 until 19 February 2012.

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Consultation in a nutshell

the country.

We are proposing to:

Close six of the county’s least used household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in 2012Move to seasonal opening hoursClose sites on the least used days of Thursday and FridayIntroduce a mobile household waste recycling service to offset the impact of closuresIntroduce charges for disposal of soil, rubble, asbestos, plasterboard and car tyres

there is more detail in the rest of this document. Your

March 2012.

emerge through the consultation.

How to respond to this consultation:

cumbria.gov.ukHWRC consultation,

Freepost NWW6059A, The Courts, Carlisle, CA3 8BREmail your feedback to [email protected] us at twitter@cumbriacc

For those who want more information:

Follow the links from cumbria.gov.uk to get further background detail.

Have your say! Public consultation on proposals for changes to Cumbria’s household waste recycling centres

Have your sayThis consultation runs

from 9 January 2012 until 19 February 2012.

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Have your say! Public consultation on proposals for changes to Cumbria’s household waste recycling centres

After considering your feedback we decided that

really focussed our minds on where we should look

utilised and that changes could be made that would

country.

rubbish.

Why we are proposing changes

money and reduce costs.

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Public behaviour has changed

dramatically in recent years. Through successful

noticeably reduced.

following.

use.

February.

the total waste collected.

We have too many HWRC sites

What our review found

How do we compare?

Local Authority Number of HWRC Population HWRC per 100,000 population

2012

Norfolk 19 2.27 1

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a your ay ublic con ultation on ro o al or c an to Cumbria ou ol a t r cyclin c ntr

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We spend more than other councils on these services

We are a large rural authority

to other rural councils

We can’t do much about the first two but we could

Our non-household waste disposal policy is expensive

of waste not legally defined as household waste

People use HWRCs relatively infrequently

items – either using the district council bulky waste

Fly-tipping is a minor issue

a result.

Mobile Services

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Our proposals in detail

Proposal 1 Reducing the number of household waste recycling centres

rest.

sites.

Current sites Proposed sites

Have your say! Public consultation on proposals for changes to Cumbria’s household waste recycling centres

Your views on Proposal 1

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No change

I will recycle less

I will donate more items to charity organisations

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Proposal 2 Introduce a mobile household waste recycling centre service

Saturday SundayMorning 09.00 – 12.00 Morning 09.00 – 12.00

District Town/Village

Proposal 3Changing the opening hours and days

March to September Open 08.00 – 18.00October to February Monday to Friday 09.00 – 16.00

Saturday to Sunday 08.00 – 16.30

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Proposal 4Introducing charging for non-household waste disposal

year.

Soil and Hardcore Asbestos Plasterboard Car Tyres£2.50

per rubble sack

£15.00small van or trailer (estimated carrying

capacity up to 250kg)

£10per sheet or sack

(sack no bigger than 50cm x 80cm)

£5per sheet or sack

(sack no bigger than 50cm x 80cm)

£2.50each

About you

Male Female

Years

Yes No

White: Asian/Asian British:

Any other White background Indian

Mixed/multiple ethnicity Black/ Black British:

Thank you for sharing your views on our proposals.

Please return your completed consultation document to:HWRC consultation, Freepost NWW6059A, The Courts, Carlisle, CA3 8BR

The deadline for responses is 19 February

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