Perry Barr tip reopens after more than two years

We join the Birmingham Household Recycling centre in Perry Barr which has reopned after closing in August 2021

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00:00 We've all talked about how this is a really challenging project, two contractors going

00:04 bust, guys working really hard, unbelievable times for construction, you know a lot of difficult

00:10 stress for people involved in the project. I like thankful for all the work they did,

00:14 I think guys from Birmingham City Council and the owner really pulled together to make this site

00:18 happen. It was an incredible piece of work, keep the site operational and build around the time.

00:26 Now it's all finished, all the amazing things we do here, 13 different types of recycled material,

00:31 things we've never recycled before like vapes, coffee cups which I know will end up like 70%

00:38 recycling rate pretty quickly, hopefully in the fourth year, maybe not in year 10.

00:43 So it's been a very challenging time, I want to thank everyone for all your efforts

00:48 and it's a great pleasure for the people on the move here today to facilitate what we're doing.

00:54 Our number three goal is to finish the overall site, so our people,

00:58 I see you all coming in in the next 15 minutes, so I'm proud of them, it's a great day and thanks a lot.

01:04 Thanks everyone.

01:12 So this is fantastic news for the people that live in this part of the city,

01:19 we closed the site in July 2021 in order to make it a lot larger and more accessible for residents

01:26 so that they can recycle more products. As you're aware, Birmingham City Council, we have our

01:30 ambitions for net zero and increasing recycling in the city is part of that plan. So here we're

01:35 expecting 130,000 visitors now for the duration of the year and we're expecting approximately 11,000

01:42 tons of waste to be presented here, which 60% at least will be recycled. That's the main benefit

01:49 here for residents who live in this part of the city that they won't have to drive now to

01:52 certain autotames I drive.

01:54 Thank you.