Residents in part of North Yorkshire have taken to social media to express frustration at the lack of space for new recycling bins being delivered to thousands of homes.
North Yorkshire Council is currently giving out about 50,000 bins in Richmondshire as part of work to standardise waste collections across the county.
However, concerns have been raised by some people about where they would store the new bins, with one person saying on social media that “no one has actually thought to ask us if we actually want another two bins”.
Councillor Richard Foster, executive member for waste services, responded that feedback from residents already using the service had been “overwhelmingly positive”.
The new service will see alternate fortnightly household recycling collections: one for paper and card and another for all other recyclable materials, including glass, cans, plastics and cartons.
New collections are due to start in October, replacing the boxes and bags currently used.
Similar methods are already in place in Selby and Ryedale, and North Yorkshire Council said it meant the amount and quality of recycling in kerbside collections could be increased.
It would also help reduce the cost of collection and generate a higher value when processed, as well as helping carbon reduction, it added.
