The redevelopment, carried out since October 2004, has been funded with a 1.2 million Defra grant with the aim of making recycling safer and more user-friendly.
 Launch (left to right): Director Matthew Lugg, Prof Mike Preston and Mike Jones – councillors of Leicestershire council – and Cllr Bob Feeney of Charnwood borough council at the launch of the new recycling centre |
The centre at Railway Terrace has been enlarged and converted to a split-level system with no steps or gantries, while new signage has also been provided to make recycling easier for local residents from the Charnwood area.
The county council has also provided more facilities for residents to separate out waste materials for recycling and composting. Materials including cardboard, wood, chipboard, green waste, inert waste, TVs and monitors and household batteries can now all be recycled at the Loughborough site.
Access
The improvements are a major part of a programme of improving public access and recycling performance at recycling centres across the county.
Leicestershire council officers believe its first year should see the Loughborough centre recycling 36% of the roughly 10,000 tonnes of materials received, while a 50% recycling rate should be achieved in its second year.
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Opening the centre last week, Prof Mike Preston, Leicestershire's cabinet member for waste management, said: “With room for 29 waste containers this is the largest purpose-built recycling site in the County and is a safe, user-friendly, split-level site for local residents to recycle their waste.”
Leicestershire was the fourth best county in England for recycling during 2004/05, achieving a recycling rate of 34%.
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