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Dec 2023
North Yorkshire Council is set to spend £500,000 on an extension to a blue recycling bin roll out in Harrogate.
The move comes the former Harrogate Borough Council launched a trial of the bins to 12,000 residents in May 2022.
The bin, which are the same size as refuse wheelie bins (240 litre deep), replaced multiple recycling boxes.
A trial was launched shortly after the Stray Ferret highlighted concerns by residents about the amount of recycling left out for collection being blown across streets. It prompted many people to call for the introduction of the more stable bins.
Now, North Yorkshire Council is expected to procure a further 18,000 of the blue bins to be distributed to residents up until April 2024.
A spokesperson for the authority said:
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