Somerset Waste Partnership Briefing for Members, Partners and Staff Late May 2020 - Recycling Sites Update

Recycling sites network reopens Bank Holiday Monday 9am-6pm: Ten All 16 recycling sites will reopen after sites open. Castle Cary, Cheddar, the Bank Holiday weekend. Crewkerne, Dulverton, Minehead, Somerton closed. Eleven sites reopened earlier this month and the remaining five - Cheddar, Tuesday 26 May 9am-6pm: 15 sites Crewkerne, Castle Cary, Minehead, open. Dulverton closed. Somerton - will also operate from Tuesday 26 May on temporary Wednesday 27 May 9am-6pm: Ten timetables, with the aim of returning to sites open. Castle Cary, Cheddar, standard hours ASAP. Crewkerne, Dulverton, Somerton, Williton closed. SWP wants people to only visit if really necessary. Long queues are expected as Thursday 28 May: ALL CLOSED the number of unloading bays has been halved for social distancing. Restrictions Friday 29 May 9am-6pm: Ten sites on access, vehicles and materials remain. open. Castle Cary, Cheddar, Crewkerne, Dulverton, Somerton, Williton closed. Opening arrangements for next week only, Monday 25 May to Sunday 31 Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 9am- May, are as follows, with a review of 4pm: all 16 sites open. timetables before Monday 1 June. For all 16 sites, the odd-even number Nine recycling sites - Bridgwater, Chard, plate system continues: Frome, Highbridge, Street, Taunton,  Odd (01, 03, 29 etc) - Mondays, Wellington, Wells, Yeovil - are open six Wednesdays, Saturdays only days a week:  Even (10, 20, 36 etc)- Tuesdays,  Monday (including Bank Holiday), Fridays, Sundays only Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday - 9am-6pm All other restrictions remain:  Saturday, Sunday - 9am-4pm  Gloves to be worn outside vehicles  Thursday - CLOSED  Maximum two people per household The other seven sites are also open  Strict social distancing Saturday and Sunday 9am-4pm, and on  Site staff cannot offer manual a varied weekday schedule. assistance with heavy items

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 No people with COVID-19 Not taken until further notice: symptoms, or those asked to  Anything involving payment - shield hardcore, soil, tyres, gas bottles or  No 3.5 tonne vans or trailers vehicle parts except 4pm-6pm weekdays  Commercial waste  Permits system still applies; no  Asbestos or plasterboard vans over 3.5 tonnes, no double- (Compost is not available to buy) axle trailers, no vans, pick-ups, motorhomes or minibuses towing Check Q-cams for Bridgwater, Chard, trailers at any time Highbridge, Minehead, Street, Taunton,  No pedestrian or bicycle access Wells, Yeovil: somersetwaste.gov.uk/recycling-centre- Only these materials will be taken: queue-cams/  Black sack rubbish (landfilled in Somerset) Bank Holiday kerbside collections  Bulky items, such as furniture No collections on Bank Holiday Monday (landfilled in Somerset) 25 May mean one-day-later collections  Garden waste (composted in all week, including Friday's collections Somerset) on Saturday 30 May.  Large electricals, such as cookers, fridges, TVs (recycled in UK) Somerset Waste Board  Household hazardous waste, such SWP’s governing body has two as solvents, garden chemicals, members from each of five partner paint thinners and antifreeze councils, including the portfolio holder (treated and disposed of in UK) for environment: Mendip Cllrs Tom Ronan, Matthew Martin; Sedgemoor  Cooking and engine oils in Cllrs Janet Keen, Andrew Gilling; disposable containers; maximum Somerset County Cllrs David Hall, Clare size five litres (recycled in UK) Paul (Vice Chair); Somerset West and  Metals (recycled in UK) Taunton Cllrs Federica Smith-Roberts,

David Mansell; South Somerset Cllrs Not taken unless essential (will be Sarah Dyke (Chair), Tim Kerley. SWB’s landfilled): agendas and papers: somersetwaste.  Anything recycled kerbside - food, gov.uk/somerset-waste-board card, paper, cans, glass bottles and

jars, foil, aerosols, plastic bottles Information on SWP services  Textiles, clothes, shoes (not Visit somersetwaste.gov.uk for advice collected kerbside temporarily) and to sign up for our e-newsletter.  Wood, small electrical items Follow @Somersetwaste on Facebook  Plastic pots, tubs, trays, Tetra Paks, and Twitter. All partner customer other beverage cartons services can assist with enquiries

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