New Moray HWRC opening hours in Elgin, Buckie and Keith
Three of Moray’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) will be working with reduced hours from Tuesday 8 October 2024.
Elgin’s Chanonry Recycling Centre, Buckie’s Gollachy site and Keith HWRC will be closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am until 4pm and Sundays from 10am until 3pm.
The change comes as a result of Moray Council’s 2024/25 budget saving measures, where £19.2m of savings were needed to balance the budget.
Moray residents were asked, as part of a wider budget consultation in the latter part of 2023, for their views on reducing HWRC opening hours. Respondents were asked if they would support a reduction in hours, with 77% indicating some support and 23% fully supportive.
The move comes as Moray Council meets again in the coming weeks to discuss the budget for 2025/26 and beyond, which still requires over £10m of savings.
Chair of Moray Council’s Economic Development and Infrastructure Services Committee, Cllr Marc Macrae, said: “We appreciate there may be a level of inconvenience for some recycling centre users but the change to opening hours has been necessary for balancing the budget. Our consultation last year showed 42% of respondents said there would only be limited impact on them and 8% said it would be severe. I hope this shows we’re paying attention to what is acceptable by locals for the future of our services.”