AN introduction to a new era in recycling is landing on doormats across Sedgemoor and West Somerset this week.

Residents will receive a 'Get Ready for Recycle More' leaflet and can log on for a Recycle More Q&A Day on Wednesday (January 26).

Recycle More launches to more than 70,000 homes across the area from the end of February, collecting more recycling from the kerb each week.

The leaflet outlines the what, when and why of the service, which is already delivering hundreds of tonnes of extra recycling each week in Mendip, South Somerset and Taunton Deane.

Recycle More adds the following items to weekly recycling collections:

  • Plastic pots, tubs and trays;
  • Food and drink cartons;
  • Small batteries;
  • Small electrical items.

Homes will have a new recycling container – a 'Bright Blue Bag' - delivered before the new service starts.

Extra weekly recycling leaves far less rubbish for the bin, so, rubbish will be collected every three weeks instead of fortnightly. Garden and clinical waste collections will not change.

There's more information about Recycle More at somersetwaste.gov.uk/recycle-more.

SWP will field you questions on Facebook at Wednesday's Recycle More Q&A Day between 7am and 7pm.

Just visit the @somersetwaste page and post questions as comments once the session has started.

Further sessions are scheduled for Friday, February 18, and Wednesday, March 16.

Most people in Somerset are recycling and Recycle More makes recycling easier, protecting the environment and helping tackle climate change.

The best way to prepare for the change is to make sure you are making full use of weekly recycling collections and order more containers if you need them.

Everyone can have a green and a black recycling box, plus a food waste bin – more than one if you regularly need more space.

All are FREE and can be ordered using the My Waste Service menu on the Somerset Waste Partnership homepage.

If your home is a new build, contact your district council to make sure you have been added to its property register, then order your containers.

A second leaflet delivered three weeks before launch will provide further details, including a ‘What goes where?’ recycling guide and an individual collection day calendar.