Leatherhead Community Recycling Centre has officially reopened to the public, after having closed for refurbishment in January.

David Munro, Vice Chairman of Surrey County Council, declared the Randalls Road site open at an opening ceremony late last month (22 November), with doors opening to the public the following day.

SITA Surrey, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SITA UK, redeveloped the site on behalf of Surrey County Council with the aim of providing a ‘modern, accessible and easy to use facility’.

Building work to improve the centre took ten months to complete and cost a reported £2.7 million. Improvements to the recycling centre included:

• Erecting a fully enclosed building for household waste;
• Improving parking and road layout;
• Separating entrances for site service vehicles and the public;
• Creating a drop off area for trailers to deposit garden waste;
• ‘Improving traffic management’ with the complete separation of neighbouring Grundon and Thames Water vehicle access, which previously passed through the site.

Beverly Sheridan, project manager at SITA Surrey, commented: “I’m delighted to say that the improved and extended Leatherhead Community Recycling Centre is now open to the public. I would like to thank residents for their patience while the site was redeveloped and I hope you agree that the new facility was worth the wait”.

During the winter the centre is open between 8am to 4:15pm from Monday to Friday and 9am to 4:15pm at the weekend.