A new tip being planned in Abermule will become home to northern Powys' fleet of 30 bin lorries.

Powys Council has now applied to the traffic commissioner to add the facility on Abermule Business Park as an operating centre on its operating licence next week.

This licence is issued by the Traffic Commissioner for Wales Office and will allow the site to become an operating centre where the current fleet of 30 waste and recycling vehicles will be kept when not in use out collecting across the north of the county.

“Once up and running, the site at Abermule will receive the recycling collected from across north Powys, where it will be bulked and then transferred to processors to be recycled into new products,” said Cllr Heulwen Hulme, cabinet member for waste and recycling.

“Enabling material to be collected from the kerbside and bulked in this way ensures that we minimise our carbon footprint in line with the Welsh Government’s circular economy aspirations and achieve a higher recycling rate, with more material successfully being recovered.

“By building these better facilities we are not only aiming to reach the strict Welsh Government targets for recycling, but we are also creating a more sustainable future and a better environment for the next generation.”

Operator’s Licences are required for any organisation, company or individual who uses heavy goods vehicles and as part of the licence, an organisation must have permission to keep vehicles in a specific location when they are not in use.