Household Waste Site to Close For A Year

The household waste recycling centre in Westmill Road, Ware, is to close for up to a year whilst the facility is redeveloped.

The actual construction start date and closure of the existing site is currently being finalised but work is expected to start in January 2019 at the latest.

The new facility will be four times larger than the existing site and will include a split level design allowing the majority of waste to be deposited without the need for lifting or carrying up steps. There will also be an internal queuing lane so queues don’t back up on to the road, 38 parking and unloading spaces, as well as fenced off areas so that full containers can be swapped without closing the centre

The site has been designed to handle up to 300,000 visits a year and up to 10,000 tonnes of waste annually.

The nearest alternative sites to Hertford are in Hoddesdon and Stevenage.