Residents of English county barred from Hampshire recycling centres

According to BBC News, residents of Hampshire, England, will no longer be able to use recycling facilities in Newbury and Padworth in Berkshire County after the Hampshire County Council ceased to contribute £200,000 to its operating costs. 

According to the West Berkshire Council, the decision was made to ensure county residents do not pay for waste brought from outside the district. Residents will need to show permits to use the Padworth and Newbury sites, the article says. 

“I’m very much closer to Newbury than Basingstoke,” Chris Webb of Ecchinswell, Hampshire, says in the article. “Instead of being able to use the facilities, it becomes quite a logistical headache to get off to Basingstoke.” 

Hampshire residents eventually may be able to pay for a permit to use the West Berkshire facilities, the article says.

“We have said we will look into a chargeable permit, but we need to let our scheme settle down first,” Councilor Markus Franks told BBC News.