THE three weekly green bin collection will be rolled out in the county next month.

It is due to come into place on Monday, August 15 after Clackmannanshire Council decided to make the move in 2015.

Local residents will receive a new collection calendar and recycling information booklet next week, explaining the changes.

Only the green bin will move to a three weekly pick-up, with blue bins remaining as two weekly and the blue box, textile bag and food caddy collected weekly.

Residents are being urged to check their calendar carefully as, although it is only the green bin that is changing, it is likely that both the green bin collection day and the recycling collection day could be on different days from current arrangements. 

People will be reminded to start using their new calendar by a tag that will be placed on their bin. 

The council has said Clackmannanshire's waste services are designed to adapt to the personal needs of households and in situations where residents find their bin capacity no longer meets their needs – for example due to size of household, nappy use or medical needs – then assistance will be given. 

Full details of the new collections will be provided in the booklet delivered to all households, that will also be available on Clacksweb. 

Anyone who needs further information can call the council on 01259 450000 or email customerservice@clacks.gov.uk

The council has said that, since 2008, Clackmannanshire residents have helped to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by one third. 

Having less waste in green bins means bin lorries are not full at the end of the working day, and this means the process is not cost effective. 

The change to three weekly collections helps to make the service more efficient and provide best value.

Clackmannanshire is not the first to make this change and the experiences of other councils who have made similar changes identified an increase in recycling when they moved to three weekly green bin collection.

According to the local authority, research shows that where a household participates effectively with recycling services, this will result in a residual waste disposal cost of approximately £28.17 per property per annum. 

A household that does not participate effectively costs £41.77 in waste disposal cost, a difference of £13.60. 

Clackmannanshire Council is committed to offering every householder a reliable recycling and waste collection service that contributes to the national recycling targets set out in Scotland’s Zero Waste Plan of reaching 60 per cent of household waste recycled by 2020.

The new green bin collection cycle starts on Monday, August 15 and residents are reminded to place their bin or box and food caddy out for collection by 7am on its new collection day.