Stone residents are reminded that charges to cover the cost of recycling non-household waste are being introduced on November 1st at Staffordshire’s household waste recycling centres, including Stone.
The changes mean a big bag of soil and or rubble, or a sink or toilet, will cost £3; plasterboard will cost £4 per sheet or big bag; and tyres will cost £4 each.
Gill Heath, Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet member for Environment and the Communities, said:
“Our recycling centres take domestic waste such as hedge clippings, or a few tree branches, mattresses, electrical appliances and household furniture free of charge and that will continue unchanged.
“But certain waste generated by DIY, home improvements or extensive landscaping of gardens, such as soil and rubble, or sinks and toilets, or plasterboard, is not legally regarded as household rubbish and, like many other councils, we’ve decided to cover the cost of processing it.”
[box type=”warning” align=”aligncenter” ]The charges will apply at the council’s waste recycling centres at Biddulph, Bilbrook, Burntwood, Burton, Cannock, Cheadle, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle, Rugeley, Stafford, Stone, Uttoxeter and Wombourne.[/box]
Gill Heath said:
“Reducing the cost to the council of recycling will allow us to focus on supporting the most vulnerable people in society and providing statutory services in Staffordshire.”
Payment can be made at the recycling centres by debit or credit card, but not by cash, and standard size ‘rubble’ bags, with a base measuring 76cm by 96cm, will also be available for purchase there.
Asbestos will still be accepted at the Bilbrook, Burton, Cannock, Leek, Stafford and Wombourne sites designated for handling it between the hours of 1 and 3pm.
The plan to introduce a small charge was approved at the county council’s Corporate Review Committee after being called-in for further scrutiny. Full details of the changes can be found here.
A lot of readers on Facebook, Twitter and our original story highlighted that these charges will lead to an increase in fly tipping, do you agree?
1 comment
John Lockley
I do hope the councils decision to charge for DIY waste disposal will not encourage fly tipping.