Two cardboard recycling banks in Basingstoke are to be removed. Facilities at Kingsclere Recycling Site and Overton Hill Recycling Site will no longer be available from Friday 22nd April.
This followed the announcement by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council that recycling centers in the borough would close. Recycling banks have been removed from 13 municipally owned sites, while recycling banks for glass, paper, cards and small electrical appliances have been removed from six private sites.
The council said the closures were part of their efforts to reduce anti-social behavior. In recent years, some of the recycling sites have reportedly “become the target of anti-social behavior and fly tipping, causing concern to nearby residents and parish councils”.
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The closures in Kingsclere and Overton Hill are also intended to improve green initiatives by reducing the amount of carbon emitted on trips to recycling sites for items that could be recycled at home. The council argues that the cardboard can be recycled in green bins at home or taken to Hampshire County Council’s household waste recycling center in Wade Road.
The reduction in cardboard recycling banks follows the decision to close the Chineham recycling center earlier this year. Site owners have called for recycling banks, which include clothing and textiles, paper, cardboard, glass and electronic and electrical waste, to be removed.
Another 26 centers were closed in 2021 due to fly-spilling incidents, vandalism and anti-social behavior. According to the council’s website, there are currently 49 recycling sites in Basingstoke and Deane offering a wide variety of recycling options.
All recycling banks removed from council-owned sites:
Burghclere – Recreation Ground, Harts Lane, Burghclere, RG20 9HY
Eastrop – Parking Eastrop Park, RG21 4QD
Hatch Warren – Community Centre, Long Cross Lane, RG22 4XF
Kempshott – Stratton Park, Pack Lane, Basingstoke, RG22 5HN
Kempshott – Buckingham Parade. Kempshot
Lychpit – Lychpit Centre, Great Binfields Road, Lychpit, RG24 8TF
Oakley – Beach Park, Station Road, Oakley, RG23 7HA
Oakridge – Upper Sherborne Road Oakridge, Basingstoke, RG21 5RP
Oakridge – Pavilion Parking, Upper Sherborne Road, Oakridge
Popley – Abbey Road Shops, RG24 9ES
Whitchurch – Bell Street Car Park, Whitchurch, RG28 7AE
Whitchurch – Silk Mill Car Park, Winchester Road, Whitchurch, RG28 7HP
Winklebury – Watson Way Shops, Winklebury Way, RG23 8AN
Recycling banks for glass, paper, cardboard and WEEE (small electrical appliances) removed from private sites:
Beggarwood – Beggarwood Surgery, Broadmere Road, Basingstoke, RG22 4AQ
Bishops Green – Bishops Green Village Hall, Ash Road Bishops Green, Basingstoke, RG20 9JG
Brookvale – Morrison’s Ltd, Worting Rd, RG21 8BJ
Hannington – The Vine PH, Ibworth Lane, Hannington, RG26 5TX
St Mary Bourne – Village Shop, Bourne Meadow, St Mary Bourne, SP11 6BE
Oakridge – Upper Sherborne Road Oakridge, Basingstoke, RG21 5RP
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