Plans for waste recycling centre backed

Plans to open a waste recycling centre in a town have been recommended for approval.

Members of Suffolk County Council's development control committee will discuss the authority's own bid to build a new household waste recycling centre on land at the Hadleigh Road Industrial Estate in Ipswich on 4 February.

If approved, the new centre would be built following the demolition of the existing warehouse and be used for the relocation of the Portman's Walk facility.

The council said relocating the existing facility would allow the centre to meet current and future operational demands.

Ipswich Borough Council uses the existing warehouse in Portman's Walk for refuse collection, street cleaning, housing maintenance and highways operations.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service said the plans would see the split-level building used to store a range of materials, including green waste, wood, metal and cardboard on its upper level, with 18 household recycling skips.

The lower areas would be used for recycling containers, such as bottles, clothes and books.

On both levels customers would be able to find rubble and plate glass recycling skips.

The new site would employ four full-time workers between 6am and 10pm, with waste disposal done via the two existing locations used by Portman's Walk Facility - the Great Blakenham energy from waste facility and Sinks Pit in Kesgrave.

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