Plans for a new Surrey recycling centre released
Surrey County CouncilPlans for a new recycling centre in Chertsey have been released.
Surrey County Council (SCC) is proposing to build a dry material recycling centre on Trumps Farm, North West Surrey, as it says the existing infrastructure is "under strain".
The plans set out that waste will be separated, with metal, cardboard and plastic in one material stream and mixed items including paper, card, plastic, metal and glass in another, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Tim Oliver, leader of SCC, said at a cabinet meeting: "If we're going to build and invest in a recycling centre, we need to up our recycling rates." He is encouraging everyone to check waste items before they are discarded.
Oliver said recycling rates in Surrey had stagnated at about 50%.
He said he wondered whether residents were not sure about what could be recycled.
SCC is responsible for about 90,000 tonnes of recycling in Surrey and said it hoped the new centre would not change the current district and borough collection regimes.
An outline planning application has been submitted and a decision is set to made in May 2025.
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