The site on Bryn Lane in Wrexham Industrial Estate was constructed by Waste Recycling Group and funded by the Welsh Assembly and Wrexham county borough council.
Residents will be able to recycle newspapers, magazines, plastic bottles and glass, cans, clothing and garden waste at the new centre. And, they will no longer have to wait for skips to be emptied with a new servicing area at the rear of the centre.
Chief community services officer at Wrexham council John Bradbury said: “We hope that residents will find the household recycling centre at Bryn Lane easier to use. The site will enable them to recycle more items reducing the amount of waste that is sent to landfill.”
The Welsh county borough currently recycles 12% of household waste, compared to less than 3% three years ago. Mr Bradbury said: “Our message is think twice before throwing items away and consider recycling to help protect Wrexham's environment for the future.”
The council now aims to recycle at least 15% this year, and has an ultimate target to recycle 40-50% of waste by 2010.
Last month Wrexham launched its 'Recycle with Michael' kerbside collections and by the end of this year 24,000 residents will be on scheme. The weekly collections use green bags for paper and black boxes for glass, plastic bottles and cans. There scheme also involves alternate week collections of garden and residual waste.
Mike Snell of the Waste Recycling Group said: “We're confident that the new purpose-built facility, which complements other recycling initiatives currently being expanded by the council, will be welcomed by residents across the county borough.”
In addition to the new household recycling centre, smaller neighbourhood recycling centres have also been sited by the council. From today, the Acton civic amenity site will close and the Queensway CA site will be downscaled to a neighbourhood recycling centre.
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