Chief Operating Officer, Fife Resource Solutions (FRS), which runs recycling services on behalf of Fife Council, said: “We know that this is an extremely difficult time for many people. As such, at present these are the only recycling centres that can handle the expected increase in the amount of material being brought in by vans and pickups as transportation is not an issue. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. The system effectiveness will be monitoried and will re-open again for bookings on Monday 1 June, and will take bookings for the remainder of the week. Fifers must book a slot to access any open household waste recycling centre. Fife Conservatives have criticised a lack of communication and have called on the council and Fife Resource Solutions, its subsidiary, to keep the public as … Five Fife recycling centres are set to re-open, as part of a phased approach, from Monday 1 June. Our top priority is to make sure both local people and our staff are kept safe, which is why stringent health and safety requirements, including sanitisation, social distancing and traffic management are now in place across our recycling centres that are re-opening. The council is not able to offer a full service as soon as it opens. 9:00-17:00. Centres can now accept certain white goods disposal– and, from next week, you can go more than once. Strict guidelines and changes to how recycling centres are run will be in place to keep local people and staff safe. See our Cookies page for more details. For more information see: www.fife.gov.uk/recyclingcentres. We would like to allow Twitter and Facebook cookies: this will allow the listing of Fife Council tweets and Facebook posts on some of our pages. We use necessary cookies to make our site work. Knowing the demand for using them would be high, Fife Council opened five of their centres by appointment only. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Wednesday, 27th May 2020, 9:40 am. Fifers must book a slot to access any open household waste recycling centre. For more information on how these cookies work, please see our 'Cookies page'. **Important Update** NHS Fife. The above proposals may change, depending on Public Health advice. Ladybank recycling centre will open from next week, meaning nine of Fife Council’s 11 sites will be available to the public. Over the first week of re-opening approximately 7,000 people will be able to visit Fife Council’s recycling centres, across the five that are open. Site staff cannot help dispose of waste but will be on hand to answer any questions, please follow their instructions. FIFE COUNCIL have been told they need to come clean on plans to reopen recycling centres. Travel by car. See our Cookies page for more details. Everyone should be following the 7-day self-isolation guidance. Show caption 1 / 1. Trailers will be directed to a bay with limited materials, see below list, if you bring items outwith this list you must take them away again. People must book a slot online before attending any of the recycling centres and not just turn up there. (If you change this setting, you may need to refresh the page to action your preference.) Signs are in place to help your visit. 3.6. Only Cupar and Cowdenbeath will remain closed for now. If a household member is unwell, people should be following the 14 day stay at home guidance. Signs are in place to help your visit. All current season tickets will be cancelled. Please bear with us as we work safely on the site to limit contact between people. Fife Council has extended recycling services across the region as lockdown restrictions ease. “There will be a high demand for recycling centres when they re-open, so please continue to use your household bins for as much recycling and waste as much as possible. STICK to the rules or we'll have to close the recycling centres again, Fife Council have warned. In this instance two members from the same household can attend the Recycling Centre and exit the vehicle to dispose of the item. Dunfermline (Lochead), Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, St Andrews  and Lochgelly household waste recycling centres will be open to the public seven days a week from 1 June, with bookable slots from 9:10am to 5:30pm. White Goods such as washing machines and fridges. Staff will not be able to assist with disposing of the items on site, so please make sure you can lift what you bring. Currently, only the following waste is being accepted at the sites: landfill, green garden waste, paper and cardboard and cans and plastics. Fife Council has confirmed that all 11 of its recycling centres will remain open during the current restrictions. Five Fife recycling centres are set to re-open, as part of a phased approach, from Monday 1 June. Please wait 24 hours before contacting us to confirm bookings. Once on site: The Recycling Centre is laid out differently to accommodate social distancing. This is all you need to know about Fife's recycling centres reopening Plans, including a booking system, are now in place . There will be no entry without a booking. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. Confirmation emails can take time to come through. Read more What our customers say about us . Signs are in place to help your visit. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. Fife’s recycling centres could start to reopen in the next few weeks – as long as scientific medical evidence indicates it is safe to do so. More Fife recycling centres will re-open from 15 June. Fife Council and Fife Resource Solutions will use the information provided to verify domestic use and will investigate frequent use of recycling centres as potentially illegal disposal of commercial waste. We won't set optional cookies unless you enable them. Fife Resource Solutions may also pass the details of the visit on to enforcement agencies for further investigations. Both light commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles use these facilities, as well as a high volume of cars at any given time. Fife Council and Fife Resource Solutions have said they are working towards re-opening Cowdenbeath household waste recycling centre on Tuesday, November 24. We'd also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it. materials accepted by the kerbside service, Fife’s network of smaller recycling points. By Debbie Clarke Wednesday, 10th … No vans, trailers or pickups are currently allowed on sites. Containers are available for the most common materials accepted by the kerbside service (except food waste). Once on site: The Recycling Centre is laid out differently to accommodate social distancing. Dunfermline bookings cannot be changed from 9 hours before your booking as the site uses a printed checklist. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Cookies page. Five Fife waste recycling centres are set to re-open on Monday, the council has confirmed. Dunfermline and Ladybank recycling centres are located on resource recovery sites where a lot of the waste and recycling in Fife are taken to for disposal, bulking and sorting. By Hannah Brown. Robin Baird. In order to access these sites, a pre-arranged booking must be made. Vehicles: Cars, small & medium sized vans (including pickups, passenger and camper vans) and trailers under 6ft long (including hitch post) and 4ft wide only - no large vans, mobile homes, tippers, trailers or other commercial type vehicles. Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Please have waste separated to ease disposal and prevent traffic issues. “Recycling centre visits must be booked, or you will not be allowed access. Access: Bookings must be made online to access this site www.fife.gov.uk/recyclingcentres.