New recycling containers to be delivered to 8,000 South Hams homes

Around 8,000 homes in the South Hams are set to receive new recycling containers in the next five weeks, as South Hams District Council prepares to improve its recycling and food waste collection service.

From today, 25 September, SHDC will be delivering the containers to the doorsteps and kerbsides of households who currently put out their recycling in blue and clear sacks.

Anyone who receives new containers should keep recycling as they already are (using their blue / clear sacks), until they hear from the council by post on when to start using their new containers.

A spokesperson for South Hams District Council said: "Find somewhere safe to keep your new containers until then. Inside each set of recycling boxes is a handy information guide, so please check inside your new containers.

"If you are a South Hams resident who already has recycling containers and are using them, you will not receive any new ones. Please continue to recycle as you are for now, until we advise of any future changes."

Each set of containers includes:

• Two recycling boxes with lids
• A white recycling sack
• A kerbside food waste caddy
• A smaller food waste caddy for your kitchen
• An information pack explaining how to use each container and stickers for your boxes

The spokesperson continued: "We’re doing this so that in the near future, everyone in the district will receive the same kerbside recycling service, and so we can recycle more than ever before to include food waste.

"We’ll be sending a letter to all South Hams residents soon to advise on upcoming changes to the service. For many residents who already have their recycling containers, the main difference will be that the day of their weekly recycling and waste collections may change."

To find out more, visit: www.southhams.gov.uk/article/10149/New-Container-Rollout