Work is due to be completed by Spring 2026 and has received a contribution through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) provided by East Suffolk Council of £751,642.
Councillor Chris Chambers, Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Strategy, Planning and Waste, said:
“The county council is continuing to make considerable progress and investments in recycling in Suffolk.
“Some of these developments have been customer-facing, such as at Haverhill, Foxhall, and plans for a new centre in Ipswich. Others, like the upgrades at Lowestoft, are more behind-the-scenes - but all of them demonstrate our continued investment in strengthening Suffolk’s waste infrastructure.
“With Simpler Recycling and food waste collections coming to all Suffolk’s homes next year, we are preparing the Waste Transfer Station at Lowestoft to receive food waste collections from bin lorries in parts of East Suffolk, which will then be taken to the new anaerobic digestion plant in Reydon.”
Councillor Mark Packard, East Suffolk Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning and Coastal Management and the Chair of the CIL Spending Working Group, said:
“East Suffolk Council is happy to contribute £751,642 of Community Infrastructure Levy to these upgrades. The Levy is collected from new housing developments in East Suffolk and therefore it is right that this is spent on improving our infrastructure.
“Waste management impacts every home in East Suffolk and with the advent of the collection of glass and food waste from each home we have needed to add to our recycling capacity.”
The government’s Simpler Recycling initiative will standardise recycling practices across all local authorities in England and make recycling easier, more consistent, and more effective.
