Stuart Anderson has welcomed the news that Shropshire Council is set to agree to keep Bridgnorth and Craven Arms Household Waste Recycling Centres open.
The decision is due to be agreed at the Council’s Cabinet meeting next week, on 17 July 2024. It follows a major campaign led by residents and supported by Stuart to keep the sites open in response to a consultation by the Council in April on proposals to close two of its recycling centres. This means that both recycling centres are set to remain open.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) play an important role in helping people to manage the waste they produce in a convenient and sustainable way. When the proposal to close two of them was first aired in April, Stuart convened a meeting with the then Ludlow MP Philip Dunne, County Councillor David Evans, and the Chair of Craven Arms Town Council, David Mills.
The meeting was held at the recycling centre in Craven Arms, one of the sites that was under threat of closure. They discussed the impact that the proposal would have had on the local community. As well as the meeting, Stuart launched a survey on his website so that residents could have their voices heard.
Stuart said that the proposals would have presented extra barriers to the responsible disposal of waste, with the potential to exacerbate issues such as fly-tipping. It comes as research commissioned by the Government in 2021 found that changes to services provided by councils could impact on levels of fly-tipping, which only blights our streets and countryside. Stuart then made protecting the countryside one of his key election pledges, and is pleased with this successful outcome.
Stuart Anderson MP said:
“I am delighted that Shropshire Council is set to agree to keep the household recycling centres open in Bridgnorth and Craven Arms, the only two in South Shropshire. These sites will continue to ensure that we can continue to recycle our waste safely and conveniently, with minimal impact on the environment. This decision also protects our precious countryside from issues like fly-tipping, which could have been exacerbated had these closures gone ahead. So, I would like to thank everyone who worked on this campaign to secure this favourable outcome for both local residents and our environment.”
