Big response for bookings to use Hartlepool recycling centre: How you can book your place

The council’s Household Waste and Recycling Centre in Burn Road will reopen on Wednesday, May 13, after being closed for several weeks due to the coronavius pandemic.

It will be open from 9am until 3.30pm Wednesdays to Sundays but visits must be booked in advance and will be limited to ten minutes.

Wednesday to Saturday of this week are now fully booked but some places are still available for Sunday, May 17, and the council says there are plenty of places available after that.

Tony Hanson, the council’s Assistant Director (Environment and Neighbourhood Services), said: “Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of take-up of the places available for the first few days, but there are plenty of places available after that.

“I would, however, remind people again that priority services must come first and if such services, including our kerbside household refuse collections, experience staff shortages as a result of Covid-19 cases, the HWRC may need to close again without notice.”

Due to layout changes at the centre to accommodate social distancing restrictions, the following types of waste will only be accepted initially:

General household waste – up to 10 bags;

Garden waste – up to 10 bags;

Mattresses;

Cardboard;

Recycling materials that would normally be go in households’ grey bins;

Large electrical items.

It will be open to Hartlepool residents only, and proof of address needs to be provided when booking at www.hartlepool.gov.uk/HWRCbookings or on (01429) 523333.

Queuing will not be allowed on Burn Road with only four cars allowed access to the site at any one time.

Each vehicle must go to the former Havelock Centre car park in Havelock Street about 10 minutes before their scheduled visit where their booking details will be checked.

Only two adults per household will be allowed on site and social distancing will be strictly enforced.

Anyone who is in self-isolation or displaying Covid-19 symptoms must not visit the HWRC under any circumstances, and where households have had members with virus symptoms, waste should be double-bagged and left for at least 72 hours before being taken to the site.

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