Grab brown to go green with waste
CITY leaders have given the go-ahead for plans to distribute 10,000 more brown bins for garden waste across Edinburgh.
The collection service will be extended throughout winter, meaning residents will be able to dump Christmas trees in the bins for the first time.
The scheme, given the go-ahead by the city's transport committee on Tuesday, is designed to increase the amount of waste composted by more than one fifth.
The 10,000 containers will mainly be handed to people living in tenements with gardens, as part of the first review of the service since it was introduced in 2003.
At the same time, more recycling banks for packaging materials are set to be introduced across the city.
Banks at key sites, such as supermarkets, are now being serviced on both Saturdays and Sundays to meet the growing demand.
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