POOLE, near Wellington, and Somerset’s other 15 recycling sites, will go over to their winter timetables from today (Friday, October 1) with weekday opening hours of 9am to 5pm while weekends remain 9am to 4pm.

Summer hours - 9am-6pm when sites are open weekdays, 9am-4pm weekends - resume on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Somerset’s recycling sites network, with recycling rates of up to 72 per cent, is open every day of the year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, to take dozens of materials.

For more information on each recycling site, including opening schedules, details of charged materials, and van and trailer permits, click on recycling centres at somersetwaste.gov.uk

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