Angus Council has announced that it is to begin removing 19 neighbourhood recycling points (NRPs) this week (27 July), in a bid to save approximately £25,000 a year.
The council has stated the decision has been taken as a result of the ‘successful’ kerbside recycling programme, which has seen the local recycling rate reach around 47 per cent (in 2013/14).
Eighteen of the 50 NRPs that were in use at the start of 2014 were identified for removal earlier this year, after the council undertook an assessment looking at factors such as their use and condition, their ease of access, rental costs, and fly-tipping in the area. Another site is being removed at the request of the host supermarket in Montrose.
NRPs due for removal this week (27 July) are situated at: Co-op car park, Western Road Montrose; the car park behind Letham Hotel, off Auldbar Road Letham; and Panmure Road, Monkie.
Other NRPs set for removal are:
- Aberlemno Primary School;
- Craigo Village Hall;
- the car park opposite the Royal Jubilee Arms Hotel, Dykehead;
- Farnell Village Hall;
- Ferryden Primary School;
- Glenisla Village Hall;
- Glenogil Estate;
- Hillside Hotel;
- Tealing depot, Inveraldie;
- Kilry Village Hall;
- Peel Farm, Lintrathen;
- Turin Cottages, Pitkennedy;
- Tannadice Primary School;
- Morrison’s car park, Burnside Drive;
- Leonard Street car park; and
- Millfield Road shops, Kirkton.
The council has also announced that in the longer term, bins for plastic bottles will be removed from all sites due to collection costs. Residents are instead being urged to dispose of them in their co-mingled recycling bin.
‘Significant reduction in the demand for NRPs’
Councillor Donald Morrison, Angus Council’s Communities Convener, said: “We are very pleased to see households making very good use of their new mixed recycling bin. Thanks to them there has been a significant reduction in the demand for neighbourhood recycling points.
“This move, which was undertaken in consultation with all our councillors, will help to increase the efficiency of the service and at the same time lead to appreciable savings of about £25,000 each year.
“Bins will be removed from three NRPs in the week beginning Monday 27 July, with the majority of the 19 selected for removal being taken away during the week beginning Monday 17 August.”
Notices have been placed at each of the NRPs selected to advise of their removal. Businesses and community facilities involved in the change have also been contacted.
Morrison added: “Where bins have been sited at community premises, such as village halls, we will work with them to ensure a suitable recycling provision is maintained.”
The scheme should have finished removal during the week beginning 17 August.
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