HOUSEHOLDERS in Hyndburn will soon receive information about the timetable for replacing the current sacks and box recycling system with two new wheelie bins.

The special packs with details about the new scheme will be delivered to residents in two weeks.

The actual bins will start to be delivered later this month and the new system will start in June for some residents and July for others.

Cllr Paul Cox, Cabinet member for environmental services, said; “This new system means that we will all be able to recycle much more efficiently and our streets will be cleaner, as the rubbish that sometimes blows out of the sacks and boxes on windy collection days will be contained within the wheeled bins, which are also much easier for residents and collection crews to handle.

“The new system means households will only have to split their recycling between the two bins.

" The brown bin will be for paper, cardboard and waxed cartons and the blue bin will be for glass, cans and mixed plastics. "

Cllr Cox added: Another big plus of the new scheme is that we’ll be taking recycling off the front streets for the majority of the borough, as our crews will collect each household’s recycling from the same place households present their grey bin, which for most people is on the back street of their terraced property.”