Recycling depot opens at Prospect gasoline station

Recycling depot opens at Prospect gas station

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(CNS) Residents of Prospect, Red Bay and the surrounding area can once again drop off waste for recycling in the neighbourhood, as a local gas station has offered space for the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) to put new skips. The area lost its previous recycling depot at Hurley’s mid-February, and since then residents wanting to participate in the recycling programme had to travel into town or to Countryside. Meanwhile, recycling is being encouraged at the government hospital, though the Health Services Authority is using a private company for collection rather than the DEH.

The new DEH recycling depot is located at the Barcam Service Station in Prospect and officials from the department said the containers will be emptied daily. This will hopefully take some of the pressure off the depot at the Countryside Shopping Village, where recycling material is at times overflowing out of the skips, demonstrating the need for the additional location for people to…

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