The Waldo Road Reuse and Recycling Centre will reopen again later this month, with a booking system also being launched to help minimise queues when the centre reopens.
The news that Waldo Road Reuse and Recycling Centre will reopen on Monday 23 November follows completion of a key phase of the once in a generation work to improve the site infrastructure, including the installation of a fire suppression system.
Residents will be able to recycle or dispose of most of the items that could previously be disposed of when the site was last open, with the exception of garden waste. The centre, which will continue to be managed by Veolia, the council’s recycling and waste management contractor, will initially be operating on a slightly smaller footprint, with construction work continuing elsewhere at the Waldo Road depot.
Councillor Josh Coldspring-White, Executive Councillor for Environment said, “A key part of our plan to make Bromley even cleaner and greener is the once-in-a-generation works at Waldo Road Depot - making sure we can dispose of residents’ waste in as effective a way as possible. With the news that the Reuse and Recycle Centre will be open shortly now confirmed, I’m delighted that residents will be able to once again use this important site. I’d like to thank residents for their patience with us as we have carried out these vital works.”
As much of the construction has taken place away from the centre, residents will not notice much change at the centre, with the land being utilised to support waste collections, including with a temporary paper storage barn.
Details and the launch of the Waldo Road booking system will be publicised shortly.
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