The Isle of Wight Council’s new mobile household recycling centre (Mobile HRC) will be out in the community from next week with a regular timetable of visits across the Island from Tuesday 28th February 2017.
With spring fast approaching, the facility, provided by the Isle of Wight Council in partnership with Amey, comes just in time for that spring clear-out of household recyclables.
The Mobile HRC provides a further facility that reaches out into the community to help people recycle more. It will accept items such as household batteries or small electrical appliances, that can’t be collected as part of a normal household recycling collection and would normally have to be taken by residents to Lynnbottom and Afton Marsh Household and Waste Recycling Centres.
It will visit areas including Chale, Ventnor, Ryde, Lake, Newport, Yarmouth and Cowes.
Executive member for major contracts management, Councillor Jon Gilbey, said:
“The Mobile Household Recycling Centre helps us to broaden our recycling services and provide even more convenience for residents to recycle those more hard to dispose of items.
“I hope residents will make full use of the mobile centre and it has the added benefit of helping the environment by minimising a car trip or two to the household recycling centres.”
Paul Southall, account director for Amey on the Isle of Wight, said:
“The Mobile HRC is a purpose built facility designed to make it easier for residents to recycle items from around the household, especially ones you would normally need to take to a recycling centre such as small electrical appliances and paint tins.
“We very much look forward to starting regular visits and would encourage the public to use the facility as much as possible.”
Each area the Mobile HRC is due to visit is close to public transport links. The Mobile HRC will not accept commercial waste, garden green waste or non-recyclable waste.
The MRC will have facilities to recycle the following items only:
- Batteries (household)
- Small electrical appliances (i.e. toaster, hairdryer)
- Bulbs/fluorescent tubes
- Paper/cardboard
- Magazines
- Printer cartridges
- CDs & video tapes
- Mobile phones
- Metal (large metal items will not be accepted)
- Plastics
- Textiles (including clothing)
- Paint tins (lids must be on)
The full spring timetable is:
FEBRUARY 2017
28th – Ryde – Smallbrook Stadium
MARCH 2017
1st – Chale – Whale Chine car park
2nd – Lake – Winchester House car park
3rd – Cowes – Isle of Wight Community Club
7th – Yarmouth – Main Road car park
8th – Ryde – Smallbrook Stadium
9th – Newport – Newport Quay
14th Ventnor – Ventnor Rugby Club
15th – Cowes – Isle of Wight Community Club
16th – Yarmouth – Main Road car park
21st – Ryde – Westridge Leisure Centre car park
22nd – Lake – Winchester House car park
23rd – Newport – Newport Quay
28th – Chale – Whale Chine car park
29th – Ventnor – Ventnor Rugby Club
30th – Ryde – Westridge Leisure Centre car park
APRIL 2017
4th – Yarmouth – Main Road car park
5th – Cowes – Isle of Wight Community Club
6th – Lake – Winchester House car park
11th – Ryde – Smallbrook Stadium
12th – Newport – Newport Quay
13th – Chale – Whale Chine car park
18th – Yarmouth – Main Road car park
19th – Ventnor – Ventnor Rugby Club
20th – Cowes – Isle of Wight Community Club
25th – Lake – Winchester House car park
26th – Ryde – Smallbrook Stadium
27th – Newport Newport Quay
The MRC will be open at 10:00 and close at 14:00 each day, at each area.
