Durham and Darlington councils confirm bin collections this Easter

Bin lorries will be out and about on their normal collection days and residents across the County are being reminded to put their bins out as normal, despite the bank holiday.

A Durham County Council spokesperson said: “There are no changes to bin collections over this bank holiday everyone can put their bin out as normal.”

A Darlington Borough Council spokesperson added: “All bin collections will be as normal this Easter.”

It comes days after changes were made to how recycling is collected across the country this week.

New rules for household waste and recycling have come into force as part of efforts to standardise collections across England meaning residents will have a maximum of four bins.

Changes came into effect across County Durham on Tuesday (March 31). Residents should no longer use their green box for glass and should put all blue-lidded bin along with paper, card, plastic, cans and other so-called “dry recycling”.

If the bin becomes full, residents can put extra recycling, apart from glass, in a clear plastic bag next to the bin. The council says it will not collect any glass that is not inside the bin.

Waste and recycling collections will continue to be on alternate weeks. Bins must be placed out on the kerb by 7am on the day of collection.

New food waste collections will also be rolled out across the region in the coming months.

Every household will receive two new bins: an external caddy to be kept outside and another caddy for inside.

The food waste containers will be collected by new bespoke vehicles and will be collected on the same day as rubbish and recycling, but at a different time.

The collections were also due to start from March 31, but more than a quarter of councils in England, including Durham and Darlington, have missed the deadline.

Darlington will start food waste collections on Tuesday, June 2, said it was “let down by a key supplier”.