New waste and recycling collection arrangements

We have received notification of roadshows that are due to take place with regard to the new waste uplifts and the introduction of food recycling:

Thursday 21 February 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at the Farmers' Market, Milngavie
Thursday 7 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Saturday 9 March 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 6 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco Milngavie
Sunday 28 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Tuesday 30 April 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden
Sunday 5 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Tesco, Milngavie
Saturday 25 May 2013, 10 am - 4 pm at Asda, Bearsden

There will also be evening drop in sessions on Monday 15 April 2013 at St Joseph's Primary School and Wednesday 17 April 2013 at Bearsden Primary School. Both these sessions run from 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm.

These sessions will provide householders with information regarding the replacement of the blue and black recycling boxes with two slimline wheelie bins. One new wheelie bin will be blue and used to collect card and paper only. The other will be brown and will be used to collect cans, plastic bottles and glass only.

One week the two new wheelie bins will be collected with the recycling and the following week the grey general waste bin will be collected. Therefore, to summarise, these bins will go to fortnightly collection on alternate weeks.

The fortnightly garden waste collection from the green bin will not change.

Householders will be issued with two new food caddies, one for inside the property and one for outside. It is intended that waste food should be collected inside the internal food caddie and then emptied into the outside kerbside caddie which will be collected weekly.

Details can be found on the Council website, and further information can be found via the Milngavie Herald