Residents in York will soon be able to have their say on plans to ditch recycling boxes and replace them with wheelie bins.

Anybody that struggles with the collection changes can apply for another bin online.

Wheelie bins could replace boxes for some homes in York under proposals from the city council. Officials said the switch would allow people to recycle more of their waste, save money and stop litter ...

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YORK outer MP Luke Charters has welcomed City of York Council plans to introduce wheelie bins for recycling rubbish.

People in a neighbourhood where household wheelie bins have been replaced by communal bins fear the area is turning into the UK's first "green slum". "Mini-recycling centres" were first dotted around ...