This in from the council, in their own words. Ed
Contractor Wight Reclamation is undertaking the collections for the council and is donating any reusable sand to Riding for the Disabled at Lake Farm, Rookley.
The collection points for sandbags, which will be collected up to and including Friday this week (4 April), are:
Bembridge – Steyne Road car park;
Cowes – The Parade, near China China;
East Cowes – by the floating bridge;
Freshwater – Moa Place car park;
Newport – Riverside Centre (next to the textile bank);
Ryde – car park behind the ice rink;
Seaview – Duver Road;
Wootton – car park opposite Tesco Express, off the High Street;
Yarmouth – River Road car park.
If residents wish to dispose of their bags they are asked to take them to these locations, or take them to the household waste recycling centres at Lynnbottom, near Newport, Afton Road, Freshwater and Forest Road, Newport (check www.iwight.com for opening hours).
It is estimated approximately 6,000 sandbags were distributed across the Island during the winter.
If residents do not wish to dispose of their sandbags they are entitled to retain them.
The Environment Agency has issued some useful information for the public about sandbag disposal, which can be viewed online.
Anyone with any queries about this week’s collections should contact the Isle of Wight Council by calling (01983) 823777.
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