Your bin collection dates are changing – Highland Council flags up revised schedule to Dornoch residents following 'efficiency review'
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Residents in Dornoch are being informed this week of upcoming changes to the dates and times their waste and recycling bins are collected.
Highland Council is altering its collection routes in the town from Monday, October 23. However, not all bin collections are changing.
The move follows a review of routes in Dornoch and also across Ross and Cromarty in order to improve "efficiency".
Residents in the local authority area should receive a letter this week which will include a 2023 calendar showing the dates that their waste and recycling will be collected.
A spokesperson for the local authority said: “New, efficient and balanced collection routes have been mapped out in order to improve the efficiency of the collection vehicles with reduced carbon emissions and improved fuel efficiency.”
All waste and recycling collections will remain on an alternate weekly basis – refuse collected one week and recycling collected the other week.
The "route optimisation review" in Dornoch and Ross and Cromarty is part of an overall review of all collection routes in Highland.
A phased approach is being adopted when implementing the new routes, with Badenoch and Strathspey being the first area completed in May 2022.
Councillor Graham Mackenzie, chairperson of the Communities and Place Committee said: "As the collection routes start to change from Monday, October 23, residents and businesses can expect minimal disruptions to bin collections.
“We have been able to improve the performance and efficiency of the waste and recycling vehicles by utilising specialist software to create the new routes."
"Reducing carbon emissions and contributing to the council’s financial sustainability is a priority. Route optimisation ensures that we can continue to service the rising number of properties projected to be built in the coming years with our current resources and fleet."
From October 23, The council’s waste aware team will be out with the waste and recycling collection operatives, and on hand to assist householders who have a new collection day.
Householders in Dornoch will also receive the following information with the letters about the new collections:
Waste and Recycling Bin Collection Calendar
A guide of what can and cannot go into your blue recycling bin
A guide of the other household recycling services available in your local area
Tips on how to reduce waste
Garden waste collections remain unaffected by these changes.
For more information, please visit: www.highland.gov.uk/recycle or e-mail: recycle@highland.gov.uk
