{"id":814303,"date":"2026-10-26T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814303\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:04:23","slug":"morningthorpe-recycling-centre-in-norfolk-to-close-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814303\/","title":{"rendered":"Morningthorpe Recycling Centre in Norfolk to close next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The Norfolk County Council-run Morningthorpe Recycling Centre near Long Stratton will be closed permanently from November 1, with the last day of operation on October 31.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The site is closing following the end of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25944863.morningthorpe-recycling-centre-closing-norfolk\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">25-year lease<\/a> which the landowner confirmed could not be extended beyond February 2027.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"A recycling centre\"\/>People are being sent to Norwich South Recycling Centre instead (Image: Mike Page)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As a result, the centre is shutting a few months prior to return the land in the required condition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The closest alternative for local people to use is Norwich South Recycling Centre and Reuse Shop in Ipswich Road, off the A140\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/topics\/a47\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A47<\/a> roundabout.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is Norfolk&#8217;s most modern recycling centre and accepts a wider range of materials, including fridges, freezers, plasterboard, upholstered seating, tyres and trade waste.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The site has capacity for additional visitors and includes a reuse shop where people can donate unwanted items or buy preloved goods.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A booking is needed to bring waste, but not to visit, donate to or buy from the reuse shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Norfolk County Council-run Morningthorpe Recycling Centre near Long Stratton will be closed permanently from November 1, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}