Planned re-opening date for Peterborough household recycling centre announced

The plans will make sure that visits to the centre are safe for residents as well as for employees - with measures in place to ensure social distancing on site.

The plans have been prepared jointly with Public Health England.

A detailed traffic management plan, drawn up in consultation with Cambridgeshire Constabulary, has also been prepared to limit the impact on roads around each site.

Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick‘s statements over the weekend gave councils in England and Wales the green light to plan site openings as part of a gradual easing of government lockdown measures.

Further details will be provided later in the week about what waste the site will receive, the council said, however some of the key conditions of opening will include:

. A limit to vehicle numbers on site - in the same way as there are limits on customers in supermarkets

. No more than two adults to be allowed to unload any one vehicle

. No staff assistance to unload vehicles

. No vans or trailers that require a permit.

It is advised that journeys to the Household Recycling Centre should only be undertaken if waste or recycling cannot be stored at home without causing risk of injury to health or harm.

People who must continue to stay away from these sites are those who are, or have anyone in their household, suffering from Covid-19 symptoms, or have been diagnosed as having the virus.

Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council both agreed to close their sites on March 24 in response to Government guidance on essential travel.

All other authorities in the region also closed their sites, while more than 90 per cent nationally have done so.