Household Waste Permit Scheme
Household
Waste Recycling Centres are provided and paid for by
residents of Cheshire East as places where they may deposit and
recycle their own household waste. Waste arising from commercial
premises or produced in the course of a business is classified as
commercial or trade waste and cannot legally be
accepted at the centres.
In order for the Council to address the problems caused by
illegal tipping of trade waste at the nine Household Waste
Recycling Centres and to improve the standard of service for
Cheshire East residents, a permit scheme has been introduced.
Why introduce the scheme?
- It is an offence to deposit trade waste at Household Waste
Recycling Centres. The centres are not licensed to accept trade
waste, so not only are traders breaking the law by tipping at the
sites but the Council would be doing the same by letting them.
- Existing measures to stop trade waste being illegally deposited
at our Household Waste Recycling Centres have had limited
impact. This has resulted in increased waste arisings and therefore
increased costs to all Council tax payers.
- Traders depositing waste at Household Waste Recycling
Centres increase traffic and congestion.
- Reduced queuing for householders would help make the recycling
option more attractive and help us to meet government set recycling
targets.
The permit scheme has been introduced to address these issues and
to improve the standard of service for Cheshire residents.
A permit must be handed in each time you use a Council Household Waste
Recycling Centre with any sort of van, pickup, commercial type
4x4 or a trailer over 1.5 metres (internal length). If you arrive
without a permit in one of these vehicles you will be refused entry
to the centre.
Trailers in excess of 3.5 metres will not be
allowed on site under any circumstances. Trailers between 2.5
- 3.5 metres will only be allowed at Danes Moss
(Macclesfield). The length of trailers refers to the
total internal length of the trailer box
(excluding towbar).
Vehicles above 3.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) are not
authorised to use the Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Permits are provided free of charge and are only valid
for the deposit of household waste.
Apply before 13:00 and permits will be posted second class
on the same day. Requests received after 13:00 will be
sent second class the following day.
Six permits will be issued at a time and will be valid for a
period of six months. Applications for the subsequent six permits
may be made one month prior to the expiry of existing permits. A
maximum of twelve permits will be issued over twelve
months.
Waste produced by or carried in the course of a business is
trade waste and cannot be accepted at any of
the Household Waste Recycling Centres. Permits will
not be issued for the disposal of trade waste.
Flytipping of waste is illegal. Anyone disposing of waste in
this way could be liable to prosecution by the Environment Agency.
The Council discourages all traders and householders from
flytipping waste.
Please ensure that you read carefully all the terms and
conditions before submitting your form.
Apply for a Household Waste Permit now
Or contact our Waste Permits telephone hotline on
0300 123 5011 between 09:00 and 17:00
Monday-Friday.
