The Household Waste Recycling Centre at Llangadog is to remain open.
The council’s waste and recycling section has met with AWS Ltd, which runs the site on its behalf, and has agreed that it shall remain open for the next 12 months.
The contract for the recycling centre at Llangadog was due to come to an end on March 31 and as a result the authority took the opportunity to look at the provision of household waste recycling centres in Carmarthenshire as part of a review of its overall waste strategy.
Director of Technical Services Richard Workman said: “We are delighted that following discussions with AWS we have been able to reach a decision to keep the household waste recycling centre at Llangadog open.
“I hope householders will continue to use the recycling centre and help us to reach future recycling targets set by Welsh Government.”
Last year, the county achieved a 54% recycling rate, exceeding Wales’s first statutory recycling target of 52%. The next target is 58% by 2015/16.
Mr Workman added: “We must now look again at the waste strategy to make sure we have an affordable, effective and sustainable way forward.”
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