Belfast councillor Anthony Flynn slams the issue of 'waste tourists' from outside the city using household recycling centres, leading to an extra £200,000 cost for Belfast ratepayers. The councillor highlights a significant increase in waste from other council areas, particularly from North Down residents. Meanwhile, neighbouring Ards and North Down Borough Council reports a £1 million saving in landfill costs after implementing a new online booking system for its recycling centers.
A councillor has said it is “scandalous” that Belfast ratepayers are paying an extra £200,000 due to “waste tourists” from outside the city driving in to use household recycling centres. Anthony Flynn, Green Councillor for the Ormiston district electoral area, said Belfast HRCs have seen a huge increase in waste coming from other council areas in recent months, at great cost to city ratepayers.
Anecdotal evidence has indicated residents from areas such as Hollywood in North Down have been coming into East Belfast in considerable numbers to use household recycling centres in that part of the city. This month, officials at the neighbouring Ards and North Down Borough Council said their local authority saved over one million pounds in landfill costs over the past year, since introducing new stricter access to its household recycling centres. In September 2023 access to HRCs in Ards and North Down moved online in a council bid to crack down on “waste tourism” from residents in neighbouring council areas. Councillors there agreed to introduce a new online booking system for access to its nine Household Recycling Centres, meaning that access to any of the nine centres only became possible via a pre-booked slot. The change met some resistance from locals, with a petition on campaigning website Change.org, opposing the rules receiving thousands of signatures. For the 12 month period, June 2023 to June 2024, landfill cost saving to Ards and North Down Borough Council ratepayers was £1,059,578 compared to the baseline 2021-22 reporting year, based upon current landfill gate fee/landfill tax. Added to this is around £100,000 in landfill haulage cost saving
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