New bin collection system to be phased in

Bin changes are set to be rolled out in part of Leicestershire after being approved by councillors.

North West Leicestershire District Council will implement a revised system in phases of about 12,500 households at a time, after the authority's cabinet met and approved the changes on Tuesday.

New bins will replace the current bags-and-boxes system in the district, with initial collections covering households on a Wednesday in Coalville, Hugglescote, New Swannington, Theingstone and Whitwick.

The new system will begin in November, and then phased through other parts of the district.

Residents will receive a 180-litre orange-lidded bin for plastics, cans, tins, foil, aerosols, and glass and a 180-litre blue-lidded bin for cardboard and paper.

This will sit alongside the standard black bin for non-recyclable waste as well as the garden waste bin.

Households will also get two silver containers for food waste – a seven-litre indoor kitchen caddy and a 23-litre outdoor kerbside caddy for the new rollout.

As part of the changes, the council has also said it will no longer collect textiles, despite collecting seven tonnes worth of them each year.

Officials said this move was due to "low quality" textiles being collected, meaning they can't be reused and are in fact being incinerated.

With the impending local government reorganisation set to take place, council officials have said containers will have no branding applied, and the vehicles will have simple transfer applications that can easily be changed in the future.

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