A popular recycling hub has now been axed at a supermarket chain in Arnold.
Sainbury’s has now closed the recycling point based at its superstore in Sir John Robinson Way.
According to The Times, the supermarket giant has been quietly axing the recycling points despite pleas by locals and politicians to keep the services.
A sign at the former hub site readss: “The recycling centre is permanently closed. Your nearest tip is Calverton. CCTV is in operation and registrations will be passed on to the police of anyone fly tipping.”
The recycling site had recently been targeted by flytippers in recent months. Back in July customers were left outraged by the amount of rubbish dumped at the store’s recycling point, with piles of bin bags, cardboard boxes and old clothes being dumped at the site.
In a statement from Sainsbury’s issued this week they said all recycling hubs were being closed to avoid duplicating services offered by local councils.
Sainsbury’s said: “We regularly review our services to ensure we’re helping customers in ways that benefit them the most.
“To avoid duplicating the recycling services offered by local councils, we’re instead focusing on materials which are traditionally harder for customers to recycle at home, such as flexible plastics, which we collect in all our supermarkets.”
Everyday Plastic founder, Daniel Webb slammed the decision.
He said: “This move not only places more reliance on kerbside recycling but also reduces the opportunity for those who may not have kerbside recycling services, such as residents in flats.”
Local shoppers were also angered by the move.
Arnold resident Lynn Moakes said: “Not everyone can get to Calverton. I don’t have a car and normally carry stuff down in bags. It was me doing my bit for the environment but I won;t be able to do that anymore.”
Tony Rowe said: “I only live around the corner. It won’t help the environment much now that I’ll have to drive a car to Calverton. Ridiculous.”
Sainsburys is absolutely right to bring this fiasco to a halt. They could not continue to be responsible for or associated with a part of their property that had become a dumping ground. Rubbish was constantly strewn all over the place. They tried to help the local community and certain elements of that community went over the top in abusing it.
Why is everyone putting the onus on Sainsbury’s, if people are abusing the facilities then the store as every right to close it down.
Glad it has gone it was damaging reputation of our town as making it look a mess and it will put of visitors to Arnold. It wont have been peopel in our town dumping rubbish but outsiders so they will have to go to calverton now good
Good for them. Unfair to expect them to pick up the tab every time someone with questionable morality goes to town on their grounds.
Disgusting I’m not blaming sainsbury but it’s disgusting to stop this first tesco at top Valley now sainsbury thanks to the abusers to this you always ruin things