Residents in the city, which is the fourth largest in Scotland, are to receive a complete overhaul of their recycling and waste collections, as well as a reduction in the frequency of residual waste pick-ups under plans which were approved last summer.
Phase One of the roll-out of the new service begins this month, and includes households in the Broughty Ferry and West End areas of the city. Residents in these areas of the city will be moving from a weekly to a fortnightly collection rotation for residual waste.
The council has also distributed food caddies to households, which will be collected on a weekly basis.
In addition, the council is also making provisions to collect glass separately from other dry recyclables, and is providing households with ‘slimline’ burgundy bins for depositing all colours of glass bottles and jars – which will be collected every four weeks.
Containers
Blue wheeled bins are to be provided for the remaining dry recyclables including paper, cardboard, plastic bottles and pots and metal cans and tins, and will be collected on a fortnightly basis.
Householders currently have dry recyclables, including glass, collected from the kerbside via a green box system, which will cease once the new collection regime has begun.
For residents in flats or tenements – which make up around 51% of the city’s housing stock, council officers are to individually assess each building to determine how to provide the new service.
Roadshows
This week the council has hosted a series of roadshows to continue its efforts to inform residents of the changes in the areas involved in the first phase of the roll-out. The first phase of the project is expected to cost the council a total of £400,000, including the provision of new containers – with an overall spend of £1.4 million anticipated across the project.
Dundee city council’s environment convener, councillor Craig Melville, said: “The council is working to make sure that local residents will have as much information as possible before the changes are introduced.
“These roadshows are part of a campaign that has been supported by letters and leaflets that are being sent to residents across these areas.”
Councillor Melville added: “I am proud of the long record of recycling that people in Dundee have supported. We are now facing new challenges and the dates for meeting national recycling targets are getting ever closer.
“I take the city’s recycling responsibilities very seriously and these new methods of collecting materials for recycling represent a sensible way forward.”
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