If you’re trying to reduce the amount of landfill you generate on our increasingly polluted and wasteful planet, you may be pleased to hear of a new trial taking place at Nottinghamshire recycling centres.
Juice cartons and Tetra Paks cannot be placed into Rushcliffe Borough Council‘s ‘blue’ bins and so villagers have to travel elsewhere to recycle them – otherwise just throw them away with the rest of our household waste. Existing carton recycling sites in Rushcliffe, nearest to Ruddington, include Asda at West Bridgford, Morrisons at Gamston and Bridgford Road car park in West Bridgford. Under the trial scheme we now have another option – keeping our Tetra Paks and cartons to one side to take to a new dedicated bin just installed at Nottinghamshire County Council’s recycling centre in West Bridgford, near the Rushcliffe Arena.
As previously reported, to stop queues building up along Rugby Road – due to ‘social distancing’ measures imposed onsite – users of this site must currently pre-book a slot to use it. You will need to already be registered for Nottinghamshire County Council’s recycling centres then secure your slot via the Council’s online portal. These are bookable up to two weeks in advance.
Ruddington resident Richard Thomas is among those expressing disappointment with this continuing requirement, saying a review of this recycling centre is now needed: “It simply isn’t fit for purpose” he says. “Where others in Notts allow easy access, this still has an appointment system even though it’s empty most of the time. The road around it is single lane creating issues. I suspect one council budget is benefiting from less people using the site whilst another is paying the price sorting out fly tipping!” Austin Hayes agrees: “This Rushcliffe recycling centre is now empty because of the complicated booking procedures.”
Jane Brown comments: “This is not an improvement on what we can already do, I have been saving our cartons for years and taking them to West Bridgford (car park next to the library) or Sainsbury’s Castle Marina. Couldn’t Ruddington have one next to the bottle bank in the car park next to the Co-op?” Terry Boniface agrees: “A collection point in the now ‘greater-metropolis of Ruddington’ would be welcome!”
However, it’s believed our village centre car park is considered too small to accommodate any further recycling facilities such as this. Also it is owned and operated by Ruddington Parish Council rather than the Borough or County Council.
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So, despite this current booking requirement, it’s hoped many residents from Ruddington and elsewhere will make use of this new facility at Rugby Road for disposal of these harder to recycle containers. If we do, this eco-friendly trial could become a permanent service there, too.
