At an Environmental Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, June 11, director of Environmental Services, Aidan McPeake, updated members on a number of changes to the control of household and commercial waste at recycling centres, which take effect on July 1. Mr McPeake said: “Step one was to introduce new signage and inform the public that commercial trade waste wouldn’t be accepted at the household recycling centres. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
“The feedback is that there wasn’t sufficient alternative locations and we were directing [the public] towards RiverRidge Recycling Centre and the council’s landfill site, so we’ll be directing any trade or commercial waste to alternate sites in Coleraine from July 1. “We will also be issuing out flyers to those using the household recycling centres, giving them general public information in relation to these changes, and there will be a paper coming back in September with all the details around the next steps.” UUP Councillor Darryl Wilson proposed the council used targeted advertising to make the public aware of the changes.
He added: “A lot of people contacted me saying, ‘I borrowed a van to take [household waste] and I was turned away’, or I’ve had a few instances where people have said they couldn’t get rid of commercial waste even though they were happy to pay for it. Adver.
