In North Yorkshire County Council new guidelines have been initiated at household waste recycling centres, in order to make them easier and safer to use. The rules deal with the use of heavy commercial vehicles for the delivery of waste to the centre as well as arrangements for commercial waste disposal, construction waste and demolition waste.
The new rules stipulate that people requiring the use of commercial vehicles such as vans and sign written vehicles for ferrying household waste will have to register with the County Council first to be allowed access to the recycling centres. Those using smaller vehicles do not need to register provided they do not use the vehicles for commercial purposes.
North Yorkshire County Council says the changes will increase efficiency at the waste recycling sites, cut down on waiting times and enable better traffic flow.
In the 2006 to 2007 financial year the North Yorkshire County Council used more than half a million pounds to handle twenty one thousand tonnes of waste generated by demolition and construction.
In the past five years the amount of waste has risen by thirty per cent and the council is now putting a limit to the quantity of soil and rubble that residents can deliver to the recycling centres at no cost. But residents will still be able to deliver greater amounts of soil and rubble to selected waste recycling sites at a fee however.
The executive member for waste management, Councillor Clare Wood said that the new guidelines would make the household waste recycling centres more convenient and easier to access for the locals as well as reduce congestion at the centres.
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