A Guide to Using the Household Waste Recycling Centres (Hwrcs)
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The Shop A guide to using the Our new re-use shop will be open soon at the Llanfoist site! The shop sells suitable items which have been taken into the Household Waste Recycling Household Waste Recycling Centre by members of the public which otherwise would have been recycled or disposed of. Centres (HWRCs) Items will include wooden furniture, garden ornaments, bric a brac, salvage items, bikes, sports and musical equipment. Opening hours are 10am-2pm Thursday and Friday (these hours may be extended later in the year). The shop will be self-funded with any profit being used by MCC to improve re-use services. We’re sorry, items cannot be dropped off direct at the shop, they must be taken to the HWRC where staff will sort items suitable to sell. If the shop proves successful over the coming months, we plan to open a second shop at our Five Lanes site. We are here to help! More information on reducing, re-using and recycling your waste can be found on our website www.monmouthshire.gov.uk Email: [email protected] monmouthshire.gov.uk 01633 644644 @MonCCrecycling Site Facilities Site Rules include... Monmouthshire County Council provides four Household Waste Sites are provided for the use of Monmouthshire residents ONLY. Recycling Centres (HWRCs) for the use of Monmouthshire residents. Permits should be displayed and operatives will turn vehicles away if no proof of address can be provided. Residents must provide proof of Business waste is not accepted at our Household Waste Recycling residency in order to access the Permit Pic- Centres. Site operatives will refuse disposal of waste at the HWRCs sites. should they suspect it has originated from a business. ture Businesses have a responsibility to arrange their own waste collection Monmouthshire County Council and disposal. MCC offers a collection service and Viridor offer a pay will provide one permit free of per weight facility at Llanfoist and Five Lanes. charge to each household within Monmouthshire to display in the DIY waste is restricted to five bags or a small car boot load per visit front windscreen of their vehicle on entry to the local site. A current with a maximum of two visits per month. For larger amounts, a skip or driving licence will also be acceptable should a permit be forgotten. a registered waste contractor should be hired. Alternatively a pay per weight facility is offered by Viridor at both the Llanfoist and Five Lanes Our main sites at Llanfoist and Five Lanes accept all types of sites. household waste, with our smaller sites at Mitchel Troy and Usk offering more limited facilities due to space restrictions. For a full list Commercial type vehicles carrying domestic waste (vans, 4x4 pick- of the items you can dispose of at each site please see ups, sign written vehicles, trailers over 4ftx6ft) are not allowed entry www.monmouthshire.gov.uk into the HWRCs without a ‘Van/trailer’ permit. If your only vehicle is a commercial type vehicle listed above and is From 1st June, all sites are open daily from 8am to 5:50pm with NOT used for business purposes, you can apply for a permit to allow the following exceptions: for the disposal of domestic waste. Llanfoist: Closed on Wednesdays We take the welfare of our site staff and our residents seriously and Five Lanes: Closed on Thursdays believe they are entitled to a safe environment, free from abusive Mitchel Troy: Closed on Mondays and Thursdays behaviour. Any incident of this nature will be reported to the police Usk: Closed on Tuesdays and Fridays and regulatory authorities. A full list of site rules is available at www.monmouthshire.gov.uk .