Elgin, Buckie and Keith recycling centres to reduce opening times as part of Moray Council cost-saving plan
Three recycling centres will be reducing their opening hours from next month.
Starting on Tuesday, October 8, Chanonry Recycling Centre in Elgin, Buckie’s Gollachy site and Keith HWRC will be open from 9am to 4pm from Tuesday to Saturday and 10am until 3pm on Sunday.
The change is a result of this year’s budget saving measures from the Moray Council, where £19.2m of savings were needed to balance the budget.
Despite this spending reduction measure, Moray Council still needs £10m in savings for their 2025/26 budget.
A total of 8 per cent said the impact of the measure would be “severe” and 43 per cent said they would be impacted.
Councillor Marc Macrae (Fochabers-Lhanbryde, Conservative), chairman of Moray Council’s economic development and infrastructure services committee, 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 per cent of respondents said there would only be limited impact on them and 8 per cent 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”
