Plans for Ford recycling centre to accept rubbish from outside West Sussex

Ford's recycling centre could accept rubbish from outside West Sussex as the county council looks to save money and generate extra income.
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JPCT 121212 Recycling centre at Ford

The Materials Recycling Facility (MRF), off Ford Road, is operated by Viridor on behalf of the county council, takes all West Sussex’s household recycling and sees waste mechanically sorted and separated, baled up, and then transported to reprocessors for manufacturing.

Currently the plant recycles waste collected by West Sussex’s district and borough councils and generates an income, but it has surplus capacity and WSCC is proposing to allow Viridor to seek other sources of acceptable waste from other local authorities.

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However Graham Jones (UKIP, Felpham) raised concerns about the proposals and the effect it would have on the wider road network and the area around Ford at an Environmental and Community Services Select Committee meeting on Wednesday January 13.

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JPCT 121212 Recycling centre at Ford

He said: “I welcome any opportunity there is to increase income, but I’m also concerned that by including other local authorities we will see an increase in travel time.

“It will affect those local authorities but affect transport on our roads more in terms of transport time, wear and tear around the Ford site itself, increases in big vehicles arriving there, and planning conditions would need to be relaxed slightly, that might come up with some local opposition.”

Heidi Brunsdon (Con, Imberdown), chairman of the planning committee, said that if any planning application came before councillors, they would look at the cumulative lorry movements and their impact on the wider transport network.

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The proposal is included in WSCC’s draft revenue budget for 2016/17.

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