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Registration required for Household Waste Recycling Centres

January 5, 2020 By chippy minton 9 Comments

Later this year Hampshire County Council (HCC) will be introducing a registration scheme to use the county’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs).  Barriers and Automatic Number Plate Registration (ANPR) systems will be installed to allow access only to vehicles with a pre-registered number plate.  Non-registered vehicles will be subject to a £5 charge – for each visit.

Sign giving information about the new registration scheme
Photo from Spotlight UK Basingstoke’s Facebook page

Registration is simple and free and takes only a couple of minutes (unless, like me, you have to wait for your wife to get home from work because you can’t remember her car’s number plate).  It can be done on the Hampshire County Council website, https://www.hants.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling/recyclingcentres/vehicle-registration, where there is also a cartoon-illustrated explanation of how the new system will work.  Registration can also be done by phone, by calling 0300 555 1389.

Description of HWRC registration scheme, from Hampshire County Council
Description of HWRC registration scheme, from Hampshire County Council web site

Registration only needs to be done once (unless you change your car) and can be done now so we are ready for when the barriers are installed.  Up to three vehicles can be registered per household and, once registered, you can go to any Hampshire HWRC.  Only residents of Hampshire – including Southampton and Portsmouth – can register.  Also, Hampshire residents can continue to use the recycling centres in Southampton and Portsmouth.

I can’t help asking myself what problem is being solved here?  Is it really worth it?  Does the cost of installing the barriers and ANPR systems outweigh the cost of allowing a few out-of-county residents to use HCC’s HMRC’s?  Is it not better, environmentally, for a household to take waste to the nearest recycling centre, irrespective of the council that operates it? How much of the cost of non-HCC residents using HCC facilities is offset by HCC residents who use non-HCC facilities?  Are the county councils being too parochial – as The League of Gentleman might have put it: “This is a local recycling centre for local people”.

But then, who knows what the future holds?  Free registration today – but will it be free registration always?  The systems are all in place; it wouldn’t be difficult to add a small fee to the registration process.  You heard it here first – or am I just being cynical?

 

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About chippy minton

I've lived in Chandler's Ford and Eastleigh for most of my working life, with interspersed with a few years in north-west Hampshire (though remaining a regular visitor to the area).

I work in IT, and my hobbies include bell ringing, walking and cycling. I am also a self-confessed “born-again runner” having discovered parkrun in 2015.

I enjoy live theatre and music, and try to watch many of the shows that are performed in the Eastleigh area.

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  1. Hazel says

    January 5, 2020 at 5:56 pm

    Registered ours. Hope this won’the just lead to more fly tipping….

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    • chippy minton says

      January 5, 2020 at 8:06 pm

      It would be something to add to the Law of Unexpected Consequences.

      Reply
      • Martin Napier says

        January 5, 2020 at 10:11 pm

        If they had brains, the effects would be seen as expected, not unexpected.
        Councils have largely created the fly tipping situation.

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  2. Richard Hardie says

    January 5, 2020 at 6:32 pm

    I’ve registered both our cars. When exactly will this start?
    I’m afraid it will certainly lead to more fly tipping.

    Reply
    • chippy minton says

      January 5, 2020 at 8:08 pm

      I think the most accurate date HCC have given is “in the spring”. I guess it depends how long it takes to install the barriers – and may well be different dates at different centres

      Reply
  3. Martin Napier says

    January 5, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    I’ve registered our car, but it seems local councils do everything to encourage fly tipping, actions speaking louder than words!
    When will county and district councils realise it is their actions that effectively encourage fly tipping?

    Reply
  4. . Sadler says

    June 14, 2021 at 10:40 am

    Hi I’ve moved house but still live in Hampshire and have same car. Do I need to change my address?

    Reply
    • chippy minton says

      June 14, 2021 at 7:12 pm

      the instructions do say that if you move within Hampshire you need to register again. Though I don’t fully understand why, since any Hampshire resident can use any Hampshire HWRC.

      Reply
  5. chippy minton says

    June 14, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    Also note that if you have registered more than one vehicle, and then change one of them, you need to register all vehicles again.

    Reply

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