The Waste Management team is currently planning to provide the town of Kettering with a brand new household waste recycling centre (HWRC).
The existing recycling centre in Kettering is located on a small industrial estate on Cunliffe Drive which is accessed directly off Northfield Avenue. It is a well used facility, but is now too small to accommodate the number of visitors who wish to use it. As a consequence the site suffers from queuing traffic on a regular basis.
The site also suffers the challenges of being a single level design which necessitates the need for ramps to access the waste containers.
The proposed new HWRC will be relocated to the land which forms part of the Kettering Borough Council Depot on Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering. Its primary purpose will be to improve customer satisfaction and contribute towards a higher recycling performance for the county of Northamptonshire. It will also be large enough to accommodate present visitor numbers but provide for future population growth.
We also hope to introduce a small trade waste service which will accommodate waste from local businesses.
We hope to apply for planning permission in early 2009 and if successful the new Kettering HWRC is planned to be built and ready to open to the public by April 2010.