Brown bin changes for East Riding

COLLECTION DAYS WILL CHANGE

- By LAURA CROSS

BROWN bins will soon be collected weekly, East Riding Council has announced. The change will be in two stages starting from February for homes in the East Riding.

The council is introducing the shift to meet a new Government directive that all authorities must collect food waste from all households on a weekly basis.

The changes are being funded by the Government and will be extended to all East Riding residents by 2027.

Brown bins are used to dispose of and recycle food and garden waste. Currently, they are collected on a fortnightly basis in the East Riding.

The weekly collections of brown bins will begin from Monday, February 9, for two thirds of the East Riding. This will include the Bridlington, Driffield, Holderness, Market Weighton and Goole areas.

The council said this will then be rolled out to the remaining third from February 2027. It will include towns and villages in the Beverley, Cottingham, Willerby, Brough, Anlaby and Hessle areas.