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Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre’s reopening delayed until the new year




The waste tip in Bishop’s Stortford is to remain closed through the Christmas and New Year period as improvement works overrun.

In mid-October, Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) announced that Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre, on the Woodside industrial estate off Dunmow Road, would shut from Sunday October 27 “for about eight weeks” – just days before Christmas.

But when the Indie contacted HCC on Thursday (December 19) a spokesman said: “We don’t have an opening date fixed, but the improvement works are progressing and will be complete early in the new year.”

Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre on the Woodside industrial estate
Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre on the Woodside industrial estate

The council has been directing residents to use the nearest Hertfordshire recycling centres at Ware and Hoddesdon – but thanks to a reciprocal arrangement with Essex County Council, people can use the dump in Harlow too.

The council says the improvements to Stortford’s recycling centre will result in a “significant” increase in its capacity.

“Once the work is complete there will be more than twice the current number of parking spaces available plus an increase in recycling containers, helping to improve the facility’s capacity and reduce queuing.”

Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre on the Woodside industrial estate
Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre on the Woodside industrial estate

It said that full closure of the site provided “the most effective way to deliver the changes required”.

The closest alternative recycling centres in Hertfordshire are: Ware Recycling Centre in Westmill Road (SG12 0EL), which is open 10am to 6pm every day of the week, and Hoddesdon Recycling Centre on the Pindar Road industrial estate (EN11 0BZ), open 10am-6pm daily except Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Stortford area residents can also use Harlow Recycling Centre at Temple Bank (CM20 2DY). It is open 9am to 4pm every day until the end of February.

You need to book a slot online to visit the Harlow centre, unless you are a Blue Badge holder, pedestrian or cyclist. You will be sent a confirmation email, which you may be asked to show, along with proof of address, at the site.

Cllr Eric Buckmaster is Hertfordshire County Council’s executive member for the environment
Cllr Eric Buckmaster is Hertfordshire County Council’s executive member for the environment

There is no charge to book. If you cannot book online, call Essex County Council on 0345 743 0430, from 8.30am to 5pm.

Sawbridgeworth’s Cllr Eric Buckmaster, executive member for the environment at HCC, said: “The changes at Bishop’s Stortford form part of a £50m investment in waste-related projects across the county, supporting our ambition to send zero waste to landfill by 2030.

“We are creating a new shredding facility at Waterdale, together with improvements to its existing waste transfer station, another new transfer station in Ware, while similar recycling centre improvements are also taking place at Berkhamsted.”



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