Motorists have seen several changes throughout 2022, and will be seeing more as we head into 2023.
07.12.2022 - 19:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Falkirk Council's 'black box' collections - which accept glass, textiles and small electrical items - will come to an end next year, with the start of a national scheme, that will see people return bottles and cans for cash.
Councillors on Falkirk Council 's executive agreed on Tuesday that a contract should be put in place to continue collecting food waste every week and absorbent hygiene products every fortnight.
The current contract will end on September 3, 2023 and the new one - estimated to be worth around £1 million - will last for at least seven years.
The Scottish Government's deposit return scheme is due to start on August 16, 2023 and they have set a target of 90 per cent of drinks containers being recycled.
Residents will be able to return containers - glass bottles, clear plastic (PET) drinks bottles and aluminium drinks cans - to shops that will include large supermarkets and small convenience stores. They will receive 20 pence for each container returned.
There will also be a network of automated reverse vending machines at key points throughout the district although it has not yet been confirmed where these will be. Councillors agreed that this new scheme would mean the kerbside recycling currently done in Falkirk will no longer be necessary.
Items such as glass jars, textiles and small electrical equipment items should be taken to one of the council's recycling points around the district. The Conservative group leader, James Kerr, said he was concerned what this would mean for small, rural communities that don't have a shop.
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