How new booking slots at city’s busy recycling centre will work
NEW rules are coming into force at Swansea’s main recycling centre, starting from later this month.
It means you will have to book a time slot if you wish to visit Llansamlet Waste Recycling Centre to dispose of your household waste.
Swansea Council said 600 vehicles a day were visiting Llansamlet, the biggest and busiest of its recycling centres across the city.
It added that enhanced social distancing at the site meant there was less space for vehicles and queues could build up quickly causing long delays for users.
The new system will only apply to Llansamlet with the alternative sites at Tir John, Garngoch, Penlan and Clyne remaining as they are.
The new booking system will begin on October 26.
To book a slot to use Llansamlet Recycling Centre, visit https://www. swansea.gov.uk/llansamLETHWRC
You’ll need to provide your vehicle details, the date and time you would like to visit, your name, email and telephone number.
In order to make a booking you will need to set up an account and provide
your home address and vehicle registration details.
Half-hourly time slots will be available to book up to two weeks in advance between 8.30am and 5pm each day.
The council asks people not to arrive on site until five minutes before their alloted time slot.
People must bring their booking confirmation
email and proof of Swansea residency to show to site staff on arrival. Vehicles requiring permitswill also be asked for the yellow vehicle permit.
You will be allocated a parking bay when you arrive. If a member of staff isn’t available, you must follow the traffic management signs to park your vehicle.
You must not use your
vehicle registration number to book visits against different addresses. This will be identified, and you may be refused entry or have your booking cancelled.
Each vehicle will be given a maximum of 10 minutes to offload.
Cabinet member for environment enhancement and infrastructure management, Cllr Mark
Thomas, said the new system was similar to booking systems that had been successfully launched in other parts of Wales and were helping to make visits easier for the public.
Mr Thomas said: “Since lockdown’s been eased, it’s been no surprise that large numbers of people have wanted to use the service.
“It’s really important to residents and to us that people can offload their materials for recycling as quickly as possible while keeping everyone safe.
“The increase in visitors to Llansamlet has caused long queues and long waiting times at certain times during the week when it’s quiet at other times, so it makes sense to trial a booking system and see if this can improve things for residents.
“The booking system is free, really easy to use and residents can choose a half hour slot during the day they plan to visit, either online, or by telephone for those that don’t have web access.
“We will also be monitoring the new system closely to ensure it achieves the improvements we expect for residents.”
Black bags and nonrecyclable waste are still not accepted at any recycling centres at this time.
Residents should use the kerbside recycling service as normal, the authority says.