Bath Recycling Centre: Locksbrook Road site to open despite objections
Campaigners staged a protest outside Bath's Guildhall ahead of the meeting. Following the decision, members of the Stop the Locksbrook Tip group said they were "disappointed, but entirely unsurprised".A total of 189 people lodged objections online, while five others wrote comments of support.
The facility will process 20% less waste than the Midland Road centre, and will not accept DIY, electronics, hazardous waste, batteries, tyres, oil, asbestos or gas bottles.These items will now need to be taken to Keynsham Recycling Centre on Pixash Lane. Speaking in favour of the plans, Chris Beaver of environmental consultancy PlanningSphere said the Midland Road site was due to close and the new location would keep recycling in Bath. Waste will not be processed at the site itself. Instead skips will be collected when they are full and taken to the Keynsham centre.The Midland Road site will remain open until Locksbrook centre is ready.
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