Northumberland County Council (NCC) has announced that the Recycling Centre in Prudhoe will no longer operate 7 days per week and will be closed on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from mid-May. There was no discussion about this with local residents and we are concerned that this will result in more fly-tipping on days when the Centre is closed.

The North East has already the second highest incidence of fly-tipping in England. Potentially this closure will also lead to a reduction in recycling. We need to recycle more, not less. And on days when it is open, inevitably there will be more traffic using the site and disturbing residents. We understand that this was a financially-driven decision, in part caused by cuts in funding from central government.

We are calling on NCC to reverse this decision.