The decision has been taken to reopen the Bromyard, Kington and Ledbury Household Recycling Centres, while still continuing to protect the public from the threat of Covid-19.

The reopening of these Household Recycling Centres will:
• Ease the pressure on the council’s household waste collection service, providing an additional location for residents to dispose of their household waste;
• Provide full coverage for residents across the county;
• Require additional resource to be allocated to our contractor to appoint additional staff required to open these recycling centres;
• Better fulfill the council’s statutory obligation to provide places for residents to disposal of their household waste;
• This will complement existing additional resource at our three main facilities to protect staff and the public from the threat of Covid-19;
• Permit social distancing and improved hygiene control measures to be implemented at all sites;
• Encourage only the deposit of essential and unavoidable household waste;
• Ensure services and councils resources are not overstretched.
• Require a booking system to prevent queuing traffic and limit numbers of people on site to conform to social distancing requirements.