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Festive Period Opening Hours at District's Recycling Centres

Residents in West Berkshire are being reminded of the opening hours at the districts Household Waste Recycling Centres over the festive period. The Household Waste Recycling Centre, Newbury is open every day from 8.30am to 5.30pm except 25 December, 26 December and 1 January, when it will be closed.

19 December 2011

The new Household Waste Recycling Centre, Padworth is open on weekdays between 12.30pm to 6pm and on weekends and Bank Holidays 8am-6pm. The site will be closed on 25 December, 26 December and 1 January.  

The new Padworth Recycling Centre collects over 20 different types of materials for recycling including old mobile phones in aid of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, cardboard, wood, broken electrical appliances and garden waste.  The site does not accept general household, commercial or food waste.

For further information on waste and recycling services over the festive period,
Including changes to the collection schedule, please visit: www.westberks.gov.uk/waste, telephone 01635 519080 or
email customerservices@westberks.gov.uk

Click on the picture(s) below to see full size:

  • Local Guide Dog owner Dani and her dog Honey help to promote the new mobile phone collection container in aid of Guide Dogs for the Bling alongside local Guide Dog volunteer, Andrew Curtis, Padworth Recycling Centre supervisor Nick Howlett, and Councillor Hilary Cole


Contacts

Keely Gallagher
Regional Communications & Waste Minimisation Manager
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc.
Padworth IWMF
Padworth Lane
Lower Padworth
Reading
RG7 4JF

Tel: +44(0)203 567 2918 
Mob: +44(0)7887 942 754
E: keely.gallagher@veolia.co.uk

Notes to the editor

Veolia Environmental Services, part of the Veolia Environnement Group, is the UK’s leading waste management company. With a sizeable presence throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the world, Veolia Environmental Services employs 85,600 people worldwide, servicing more than 73 million customers in 33 countries. (Source: Human resources data 2009)

Veolia Environmental Services is the only global provider of a full range of services for handling hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid waste. It provides waste management and logistics services as well as materials recovery and recycling. Veolia Environmental Services generated revenue of €9.05 billion in 2009.

Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental services.  The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in four complementary segments: water management, waste management, energy management and freight and passenger transportation.  Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €34.5 billion in 2009.

West Berkshire Council has awarded Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc a 25-year integrated PFI waste contract and is targeting a long-term 49% recycling rate as part of a major boost to recycling in the area.

The contract covers the Council’s waste collection, recycling, disposal and street cleansing services. Veolia have introduced kerbside collections of plastic bottles, cardboard and green waste and will construct and operate materials recovery, waste transfer, composting and household waste recycling facilities.

Further information can be obtained by visiting the websites:

www.veolia.co.uk
www.veolia.com/
www.veolia.co.uk/westberkshire
www.westberks.gov.uk

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How can we help?

We welcome your feedback on the services we offer. Please contact us on the number below for assistance. Call: 0203 567 2900
Email: west.berkshire@veolia.co.uk