Pembrokeshire Council finally plans to remove waste booking system

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Pembrokeshire County Council finally plans to dismantle the booking requirement for waste and recycling centres. County Council Leader Cllr Tessa Hodgson has confirmed it is the intention of her administration to remove the booking system for Pembrokeshire’s waste and recycling centres (WRCs).  Currently all of the County Council’s waste and recycling tips require a pre-booked slots (with same day bookings available) - something that has been in place since the Covid lockdown. In contrast, Carmarthenshire County Council, ditched its booking system some time ago, meaning appointments are no longer required for any of its recycling centres. Cllr Hodgson has asked the Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services, Cllr Rhys Sinnett, to work with officers to bring forward a report outlining the options.

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00:04Hi good morning it's great to be talking to you today I'm Tessa Hodgson and I'm the

00:09leader of Pembrokeshire County Council and with me I've got councillor Reece Sinnott who's the

00:14cabinet member for resident services and we're here today to talk to you about our plans to

00:20remove the booking system from our waste and recycling centres. The issue of the booking

00:27system is one of many that is often raised with me and its removal is a priority for me and

00:33my

00:33administration. Reece has been working with our experienced officers with a view to bringing a

00:39paper to cabinet in September with options as to how we can return to a drop-in system at our

00:46WRCs

00:47for Pembrokeshire residents. We want to make it as easy and seamless for people to recycle and to

00:54dispose of their waste responsibly and at a time and place to suit them making doing the right

01:00thing the easiest thing. Modern technology CCTV number plate recognition and the continued use of

01:08identity checks means that we can explore and move back to a turn up and go system whilst maintaining

01:15safety, high standards of waste disposal, maximising recycling and ensuring that unauthorised use is

01:22minimised without the need for a booking system. We already have some of the highest rates of recycling in

01:31Wales and in fact the UK. I want to just say a very big thank you to all our staff

01:38for the work

01:40that they do in order to drive up that performance. This is a partnership as well. It wouldn't work unless

01:47the

01:48people of Pembrokeshire are heavily involved in increasing recycling.

01:55So our plan is to bring a paper to our September cabinet which will outline a range of options for

02:01us to

02:02consider as to how we can remove the booking system from our WRCs. I do want to stress that until

02:09such time as

02:10we've had a chance to consider those options, the booking system will remain in place. But I really look

02:16forward to coming back and talking to you again and giving you an update on how our plans are progressing.

02:22Thank you.

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