Recycling site re-opens after £5.2m revamp
The biggest and busiest recycling site in Leeds has re-opened following a £5.2m revamp.
Residents will be able to recycle a range of waste and bring re-usable items to a new shop on the Kirkstall Road site, which now has a split-level recycling area with 16 bays.
Residents and local businesses will be able to donate re-usable items such as furniture, electrical items, clothing, bikes, toys, books, CDs and bric-a-brac direct to the Revive Leeds re-use shop.
The purpose-built 360 sq metre shop is run by the same people who manage the Revive Leeds shop at the council’s Seacroft recycling site.
Revive Leeds is a partnership between the charities St Vincent De Paul, which works to alleviate poverty, and SLATE, which supports people with learning disabilities. Profits from the shop will go straight back into their work with local people.
The Kirkstall re-use shop will also provide training, volunteering and apprenticeship opportunities for the local community.
Cllr Lucinda Yeadon, Leeds City Council’s executive member for environment and sustainability, said: “Kirkstall Road was already Leeds’ best-used recycling site and this revamp has really raised its game by modernising the layout, making it more accessible and introducing the fantastic concept of Revive Leeds to another area of the city.
“For people in Kirkstall and the surrounding areas it’s now going to be much easier to recycle waste. They’ll also be able to bring pre-loved items to be sold and enjoyed by someone else, while raising funds for a local not for profit organisation, along with finding a great place to bag a bargain.”
A new one-way system has also been introduced to allow better access for cars and reduce queuing on surrounding roads during busy periods, with access from Evanston Avenue, opposite ALDI and McDonald’s.
