We have to ‘click before we tip’ now.

We have this and it's a pain in the arse. I can understand booking for busy times but if I'm driving past on a Monday evening I can't just pop in, and the booking system doesn't allow short-notice bookings.

Ours brought in car registration a few years ago, which I dutifully did but I chaanged my car not long after and noone has ever questioned me.
I wouldn't mind booking if it was quick and easy, we rarely go spontaneously

My main objection to this is that if you are helping someone clear her deceased parent's house and neither of you lives locally, you are not allowed to book a visit to the local tip at all because you don't have a local address – and since the parent is dead you can't book it in their name because they are no longer resident there.

Nightmare.

Turning up at the tip itself and weeping in plainsong and harmony worked in the end, but it was demeaning, and we needed many, many trips over several weekends to get rid of the piles of hoarded rubbish so we could see the floor in some of the rooms, and open cupboards, in order to start finding things that she did want to keep.

My local tips has no booking system, and I have never had to queue for more than three cars'worth even in the late afternoon at a weekend. I wonder what it is that they are doing right that they can manage what is apparently beyond the power of other councils. They do ask to see a proof of residence, but it doesn't seem to get you turned away if you don't have one, mostly I suspect because once you are beside their little cabin at the entrance you wouldn't be able to turn your car if they did tell you to go away.

We have had this since lockdown. It's great, you can usually get a slot at short notice and there are mo longer any long queues.

My Mum’s unlucky then! I don’t object to the system but it really disadvantages her, as I have to book before she can go. Mind she can barely get things out of the back of her car- at least now the workers are more relaxed about helping her. In Covid times they couldn’t.

Ours has just introduced it too, perhaps we’re in the same area. It wasnt broke so why try and ‘fix’ it. We never had hour long quietest at even the busiest times!

We've had to book since Covid. I prefer it. Means you don't turn up and have to queue for ages.

I like it. It is far more managed so you don't queue forever just to get in the gate.

Our tip started doing it during Covid and has continued with that system. It's actually much better now. You just choose a slot (it's never hard to get one) & turn up at your scheduled time.
The road leading to the tip used to get a horrendous, and dangerous, traffic build up due to cars queuing to get into the tip. Since the the booking system was introduced that has all stopped, there's always space to park at the tip and there's no waiting. It's a much quicker and easier experience all round now.

Ours has been like it maybe 3 years. They did during covid. Then stopped then re introduced.
They said uts because now you can tip things like ceramic basins free of charge and rubble etc but so much per year. Before it was £3 a rubble bag to tip

Not in South Somerset. No booking or restrictions here, just turn up. Not even during covid.

It's often booked (particularly the lane swims) but then often people cancel shortly beforehand. You seem to need to book either a week in advance or half an hour in advance. I think people who are members block-book them if they might want to go, then decide on the day.

I live in Wales (South) and we don't have to book slots here, just rock up as and when :)

I thought I'd hate it but in fact I now appreciate not having to crawl along in queue for half an hour.

We are being subjected to more and more control, I hate it. This may be a more convenient system at very busy refuse centres, but it’s yet another thing we can’t do spontaneously and I bet it won’t be long before there’s a charge to go.

Our council doesn't have this, thank goodness! And to all the naysayers out there - never had to queue either!

You may not have to book in.

But they will almost certainly be taking your reg number by ANPR and cameras.

How ridiculous. I wonder how much money it costs to implement and run the booking system.

Do you need to book a week in advance? Surely if it’s not fully booked you can book the day before or on the day?

I agree. We're meant to book our local swimming pool. It seemed to work fine without that system, pre-covid. Puts me off going, I don't want to navigate the app or plan my swim a week in advance.

Only at one local tip you have to book. It is the only one that takes wood, furniture, fridges and freezers so you wouldn't be going there weekly. It's easy to book and the waiting time not long but when I went a few weeks ago there was no "check in" unless you call a man who waved you in the check in person.

Been doing it for years!

Ours brought it in a couple of years ago, and banned anyone coming in on foot, "to increase recycling rates". You have to book at least an hour in advance, list all the categories of things you're planning to recycle, and provide photo ID and proof of address when you arrive.

I much prefer it, no queuing so you're in and out. I've never struggled to get a slot on a weekend.

We’ve had this since Covid. It’s annoying having to book but good that you know there’s space and without a massive queue