Plans to boost recycling centre

Proposals to invest more than £6m to redevelop a recycling centre in Buckinghamshire have been put forward.

Buckinghamshire County Council wants to improve the High Heavens recycling site in High Wycombe with better parking and more recycling containers.

A new enclosed building with treatment equipment to largely reduce odour from the site is included in the plan.

A new reception building to receive kitchen waste at the site would also be built as part of the scheme.

An exhibition of the plans will be on display at Sands Village Hall between 1700 and 2000 GMT on 6 March

'Increase recycling'

On show will be drawings and a computer-generated animated walk-through of the proposals.

Officers from the council will be on hand to answer questions and discuss issue.

There will also be representatives from the Environment Agency and the site operator Cambridge Recycling Services.

Councillor Patricia Birchley, council spokesperson for waste, said: "I would encourage residents to come along to the exhibition and find out about these proposals.

"It is paramount we increase recycling and composting in order to divert rubbish away from landfill and hit government targets."