Consultation on the Rationalisation of Recycling Centre Opening Hours

Last year as part of the rates setting process the Council considered the closure of a number of Recycling Centres in the district as a potential budgetary saving measure. A Working Group of Council members was subsequently established to further consider the various options for the future operation of the Recycling Centres.

Following extensive discussion by the Working Group it is now proposed that, rather than closing any sites, the days/evenings of operation for all Recycling Centres would be changed in order to achieve a rationalisation of service provision across the sites as shown below:
• Only opening Tier A sites (i.e. Cookstown, Drumcoo & Magherafelt) two evenings in the summer (April to September) rather than three evenings.
• Only opening Tier B sites (i.e. Coalisland & Moneymore) one evening in the summer (April to September) rather than two evenings.
• Only opening Tier C sites (i.e. Maghera) four weekdays as well as a half day Saturday (all year round), rather than six days including all day Saturday).
• Only opening Tier D sites (i.e. Castledawson, Draperstown, Fivemiletown, Tullyvar & Ballymacombs three weekdays as well as a half day Saturday (all year round)

While the above proposal represents an overall reduction in site opening hours, a balanced approach is proposed to ensure some level of service provision is available on every weekday across particular areas as far as possible.

For example, in the Clogher Valley area, it is proposed that when the site at Fivemiletown is closed on Tuesday and Thursday, the nearest site at Tullyvar will be open, and vice versa on Monday and Wednesday.

We are currently undertaking a 12-week public consultation to seek comments on this proposal and we would like you to have your say.

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* 1. What is your main interest in responding to this consultation? (please tick in which primary capacity you are responding to this survey).

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* 2. Please provide your contact details below (you may skip this question if preferable, however, we will be unable to keep you informed on the outcome of the consultation).

Under the Data Protection Act (2018), Mid Ulster District Council (the Data Controller) has a legal duty to protect any information it collects about you. Your information will not be disclosed to any third party, unless law or regulation compels such a disclosure.

The information we hold will only be used for the purposes of keeping you informed about the consultation. By completing the details below, you are authorising Mid Ulster District Council to use information for the purposes outlined above (please note that you can request that your details be removed at any time). Refer to * Confidentiality and Access to Information Legislation.

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* 3. The existing hours for the sites are as follows:

Site Winter (Oct to Mar) Days Summer (Apr to Sept) Days
Cookstown
Drumcoo
Magherafelt		 09:00 - 18:00 Mon - Sat 08:30 - 17:30 Mon, Fri and Sat
08:30 - 19:30 Tues, Wed and Thurs
Coalisland
Moneymore		 08:30 - 17:30 Mon - Sat 08:30 - 17:30 Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat
08:30 - 19:30 Tues and Thurs
Castledawson
Draperstown
Maghera		 08:30 - 17:30 Mon - Sat 08:30 - 17:30 Mon - Sat
Ballymacombs
Tullyvar		 09:00 - 17:00 Tues - Fri 09:00 - 17:00 Tues - Fri
08:30 - 13:30 Sat 08:30 - 13:30 Sat
Fivemiletown 09:00 - 17:00 Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat 09:00 - 17:00 Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat


The proposed changes to the number of operating days/evenings for the Recycling Centres are:
- Only opening Tier A sites (i.e. Cookstown, Drumcoo & Magherafelt) two evenings in the summer (April to September) rather than three evenings.
- Only opening Tier B sites (i.e. Coalisland & Moneymore) one evening in the summer (April to September) rather than two evenings.
- Only opening Tier C sites (i.e. Maghera) five days per week including half day Saturday (all year round) rather than six days including all day Saturday.
- Only opening Tier D sites (i.e. Castledawson, Draperstown, Fivemiletown, Tullyvar & Ballymacombs four days per week including half day Saturday (all year round)

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* 4. The new opening times (summer and winter) for each site would be:

Site Winter (Oct to March) Days Summer (April to Sept) Days
Cookstown
Drumcoo
Magherafelt		 09:00 - 18:00 Mon - Sat 08:30 - 17:30
Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat
08:30 - 19:30
Tues & Thurs
Coalisland
Moneymore
08:30 - 17:30
Mon - Sat
08:30 - 17:30
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat
08:30 - 19:30
Wed
Maghera
09:00 - 17:00
Tues - Fri
09:00 - 17:00
Tues - Fri
08:30 - 13:30
Sat
08:30 - 13:30
Sat
Ballymacombs
Castledawson
Draperstown
Fivemiletown
Tullyvar
09:00 - 17:00
3 week days**
09:00 - 17:00
3 week days**
08:30 - 13:30
Sat
08:30 - 13:30
Sat
** Ballymacombs: Open Mon. Wed, Fri, Sat (half day); Castledawson: Open Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat (half day); Draperstown: Open Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat (half day); Fivemiletown: Open Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat (half day); Tullyvar: Open Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat (Half Day).

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* 5. If you are a regular user of Drumcoo Recycling Centre (Dungannon) what are your preferred days for late night opening during the summer (select a maximum of two):

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* 6. If you are a regular user of Magherafelt Recycling Centre what are your preferred days for late night opening during the summer (select a maximum to two):

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* 7. If you are a regular user of Cookstown Recycling Centre what are your preferred days for late night opening during the summer (select a maximum of two):

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* 8. If you are a regular user of Coalisland Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for late night opening during the summer (select one only):

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* 9. If you are a regular user of Moneymore Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for late night opening during the summer (select one only):

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* 10. If you are a regular user of Maghera Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 11. If you are a regular user of Fivemiletown Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 12. If you are a regular user of Draperstown Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 13. If you are a regular user of Tullyvar Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 14. If you are a regular user of Castledawson Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 15. If you are a regular user of Ballymacombs Recycling Centre what is your preferred day for using the site:

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* 16. Please use the following space to provide any further comments relating to the proposed rationalisation of Recycling Centre opening hours:

This completes the survey, thank you for your feedback. Your comments and thoughts are important to our considerations in our rationalisation of Recycling Centre opening hours. The outline of this survey will be published online in due course after Council has considered the final results.

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