Buckinghamshire County Council’s Cabinet agreed a series of changes to the county’s Household Recycling Centre (HRCs) service in January 2019. A public consultation about possible changes ran in Autumn 2018 for 8 weeks and received over 6,000 responses. For more information you can see the full decision report and associated documents or view the cabinet meeting webcast.
Key changes which start on 1 April 2019, are:
- all sites will introduce charges for non-household waste
- Aylesbury (Rabans Lane), Burnham, and Chesham household recycling centres will close 2 days a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Bledlow Household Recycling Centre will permanently close
The changes will make important cost savings that the council’s budget requires. They will also make sure that Buckinghamshire residents, as a whole, experience as little change as possible when using their local recycling centre.
New charges for non-household waste
From 1 April 2019 you will be charged for disposing of non-household waste items such as, bags of rubble, kitchen units, fence panels etc.
Read about what constitutes chargeable waste and how much this will cost.
Weekday closures
Aylesbury (Rabans Lane), Burnham, and Chesham household recycling centres will close 2 days a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Read more about why they were chosen and alternative sites.
Bledlow household recycling centre closure
Bledlow Household Recycling centre will permanently close at 4pm on Sunday 31 March 2019.