Last year, the council asked its waste contractors Waste Recycling Group to develop and build a recycling centre that would be manned by operatives so residents did not have to leave their cars (see letsrecycle.com story).
The drive thru centre was expected to be opened this spring, but a change to a Labour administration at the council has signalled a different approach to recycling.
A spokeswoman for Hull city council told letsrecycle.com: “We have asked each area to identify what they wanted in terms of recycling services. So the drive thru plans are a little bit on hold for now.”
She explained that the survey of local residents has resulted in the provisioning of seven new household recycling centres.
It has not been definitely decided but one of the new recycling centres may still be a drive thru site, she added.
New sites
The first of these new sites is fairly advanced in the planning stages with the others following suit. It is on Burma Drive and has been funded by a 500,000 grant from DEFRA with an additional contribution from WRG.
The spokeswoman said: “The other six sites will be funded by the council's capital funding programme but they are also hoping to access any additional grants that they can. The council made a promise to spend around 4 million on recycling services that includes household waste recycling sites.”
WRG has a 25 year joint contract with Hull city council and the neighbouring East Riding of Yorkshire council. The Hull contract is worth 6million a year and finishes in 2024.
In 2002/03, Hull council recycled 10% of household waste but the new services are hoped to help the city council meet its statutory recycling target of 21% by 2005/6.
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