Crawley Council will be collecting rubbish and excess recycling today from central points around the town.
With many pavements and side roads still too treacherous for collection crews and vehicles, the council – with help from Veolia, its contractor – has enabled residents to take their refuse and excess recycling to more central, accessible areas from 10am-2pm today and from 8.30am-2pm from tomorrow until normal household collections are restored.
Staff will be on hand at the sites during these times and will tell you where to leave your refuse and/or recycling. The recycling collections are only for recycling that will not fit into your REDtop bin.
The central sites for rubbish and recycling are:
Bewbush: Dorsten Square car park
Broadfield: Broadfield Barton – at the rear of the recycling point in Holyrood Place
Furnace Green: Neighbourhood Parade opposite the recycling point
Gossops Green: Neighbourhood Parade car park, Gossops Drive
Ifield: Community Centre, Ifield Drive
Langley Green: Community Centre, Rushetts Road
Maidenbower: Maidenbower Square car park
Northgate: Northgate Playing Field car park, Woodfield Road (today, then alternate days)
Pound Hill: Grattons Drive Parade – on the left hand side
Southgate/West Green: Goff’s Park car park by railway crossing, Horsham Road
Tilgate: Neighbourhood Parade – on the left hand side
Three Bridges: Three Bridges Cricket Club car park (tomorrow, then alternate days)
At some of these sites there are Neighbourhood Recycling Points where you can place your excess recycling into the bins provided. At the sites where there is no Neighbourhood Recycling Point, mainly Pound Hill, Northgate, Langley Green and Southgate, we will be providing facilities for you to leave your recycling.
Residents can use any of the sites and don’t have to go to their one in their own neighbourhood.
No collections are possible in Three Bridges or West Green because there is not a suitable location at the moment but we are still trying to find one.
Councillor Keith Blake, Cabinet member for Environment, said: “The severe weather we have had in the past week has thrown up real challenges, for residents and the council.
“I’m pleased with this creative approach but it is not a perfect solution. It will, however, help many people who are able to get to these central points get rid of their waste and excess recycling.
“Please also think of friends, family and neighbours who do not have access to transport or who are elderly or unable to get out of their home and do help out where you can.
“We apologise for the delay to normal refuse and recycling collections. As soon as it is safe to do so we will resume these.”
Residents are asked not to wheel either their REDtop bin or any wheeled bin for refuse to these sites as staff will not be able to tip them on to the truck lift.
These sites are for normal bagged household waste only and not for bulky or electrical items.
For service updates on refuse and recycling visit www.crawley.gov.uk/weather or follow us at http://twitter.com/crawleybc
Councillor Keith Blake, Cabinet member for Environment, with Veolia staff at the Ifield collection point outside Ifield Community Centre on Ifield Drive
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