Mansfield residents set to receive new glass recycling bins

The bins should be delivered to residents this month and collections will start in April.

The wheelie bins will be delivered in batches until the end of March ahead of the kerbside glass recycling collections starting in April.

This will allow residents to start saving their clean, empty glass jars and bottles for recycling instead of putting them in their green household waste bin.

All colours of glass bottles and jars that have had lids removed can be put in the bin, which is black with a teal-coloured lid.

Other types of glass such as pyrex, mirrors, light bulbs and drinking glasses can’t go in the bin.

Executive Mayor Andy Abrahams said: "The arrival of the bins is a really exciting step towards our free kerbside glass recycling collections starting in spring.

"The scheme will be better for the environment, increase the amount we recycle, and reduce the amount of glass going to landfill or for incineration.

"We also hope it will reduce the contamination of recyclable materials in existing blue bins.

"It is a key part of the council's agenda to be a cleaner, greener and more welcoming district and this is a major step towards achieving this goal.

"Thank you to councillor Andy Burgin, portfolio holder for environment, for his involvement in bringing the project to fruition after many years of discussions."

A personalised calendar showing when glass bins will be emptied will arrive at homes with Council Tax letters in mid-March.

You can also check all your bin days online and sign up for free bin day email reminders at www.mansfield.gov.uk/bins.

Some homes such as flats and complexes will receive communal bins rather than individual bins.

Where bins cannot be provided due to a lack of space, residents can continue using privately-owned bottle banks across the district. In addition, the council is working to provide its own bottle banks in suitable locations to make it as easy as possible for the affected households to recycle glass.

Residents are advised to take their bins in off the footpath as soon as possible after they are delivered and put their house number on the bin.