Disruption at Household Waste Recycling Centres following surge in demand
The majority of Household Waste Recycling Centres in Lancashire have now re-opened following unprecedented demand during the recent good weather.
As a result, since Sunday, 6 April, many of the Household Waste Recycling Centres had to temporarily stop accepting waste while the sites were cleared and all of these except Clitheroe, Longridge and Chorley have now reopened.
Lancaster, Burnley, Preston, Altham, Clitheroe and Haslingden were among sites that had to close temporarily.
Clitheroe Household Waste Recycling Centre is closed each week on Wednesdays and Thursdays and will reopen as usual on Friday, April 11. Longridge Household Waste Recycling Centre is due to reopen at Noon on Wednesday, April 9. This is a short delay as it usually opens at 9am. Chorley Household Waste Recycling Centres had to close on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 8 but will reopen on Wednesday, April 9.
The coming weekend is also expected to be busy and residents are urged to keep checking our Facebook page and website for the latest information.
Steve Scott, head of Waste Management at Lancashire County Council said:
"We appreciate that the sunny weather meant a lot of people wanted to enjoy some spring cleaning but it has led to a very busy weekend.
"We dealt with unprecedented numbers of residents wishing to use our Household Waste Recycling Centres and unfortunately we needed to close all of the sites at times while our hard-working staff dealt with the demand.
"We have done everything we can to clear all the sites and we are hoping to reopen Longridge and Chorley Household Waste Recycling Centres on Wednesday and Clitheroe Household Waste Recycling Centre on Friday.
"We are expecting another busy weekend and urge residents keep checking our Facebook page and website as we will share the latest information here on closures."
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