Recycling Centre to Reopen Following Extensive Fire
A recycling centre in Fife is set to reopen on Monday after being closed last month due to a significant fire that burned for two weeks.
Emergency services responded to the incident at Lower Melville Woods Waste Facility near Ladybank on Tuesday, 12 May.
During the peak of the fire, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) reported that flames spread across an area of approximately 200 metres by 300 metres (656 feet by 984 feet) of landfill waste.
Numerous residents in Fife observed smoke from the fire in nearby towns and even from across the water in Portobello, Edinburgh.
Local residents near the site were advised to take safety precautions. Air quality monitoring recorded several spikes in pollution levels in the days following the fire's outbreak.
The fire service officially handed the site back to the council on 27 May, more than two weeks after the fire began.
Operator Cireco stated that cleanup operations continued and that it was collaborating with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) and SFRS to support ongoing investigations.
Ongoing Investigations and Service Resumption
Fife Council confirmed that all public recycling services at the facility would resume normal operations and that the centre would operate seven days a week.
Starting Monday, the nearby Cupar Household Waste Recycling Centre will return to its usual opening schedule of Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
"The site clear-up has continued at pace, and I'm pleased that we're now in a position to reinstate access to the recycling centre from Monday.
I'd like to thank our staff and partner agencies for their continued support. We're also grateful to the public for their patience while this work has been carried out."
Cireco chief executive Robin Baird made these remarks regarding the reopening and ongoing cleanup efforts.
