RESIDENTS are being encouraged to do their bit for the environment as part of Recycle Week 2017.

Running from September 25 – October 1, the themed week, organised by Zero Waste Scotland, will see organisations across Scotland raising awareness of the importance of recycling and encouraging people to become ‘waste warriors’.

In North Ayrshire, the council’s Waste Awareness Team will be setting up stalls in the area in a bid to spread information on reducing waste. By utilising the council’s blue and brown bin service, residents can ensure they do their bit to protect the environment and drive down the annual £2.5million spent on landfilling in North Ayrshire.

The team will be at the following locations during Recycle Week: Tuesday 26 September – Sainsbury Saltcoats, 11.30am-2pm Wednesday 27 September – Whiting Bay Village Hall, 10am-3pm Friday 29 September – Garnock Community Campus, 12.30-3pm Earlier this year, the council approved plans to change to the area’s brown bin collection service due to budget pressures.

These changes will come into effect on November 6 and will see brown bins (garden and food waste) collected on a two-weekly basis, rather than weekly.

A letter and a collection calender letting residents know when to present their bins for collection will be issued later next month.

Councillor Jim Montgomerie, Cabinet Member for Place said: “We’re fortunate to have so many residents committed to reducing waste.

“It’s due to their ongoing hard work and dedication that North Ayrshire is one of the top performing areas when it comes to recycling.”

More information is available on www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/bins-litter-andrecycling/recycling/recycling.aspx