Residents who are worried about major changes to bin collection services can air their views at a series of 'Street Meets'.
Lancaster City Council is holding the 'Street Meets' at several locations across the Lancaster & Morecambe District to help people in areas identified as having challenging waste service access - such as terraced houses.
The aim is to find solutions for those who do not have space to accommodate the changes or who use communal bin stores and bring-sites.
The Street Meets give residents the chance to meet with council officers prior to the delivery of new recycling wheelie bins to discuss whether they qualify for alternative containers, such as smaller wheelie bins, communal bins, or to remain on green boxes.
Officers will demonstrate the bins that are available and answer any questions on the upcoming changes or about the items you can recycle.
Council officers are scheduled to visit Lancaster this week, followed by Heysham and Morecambe next week.
This comes as new wheelie bins are being delivered to residents across the District in the first phase of controversial plans to alter waste recycling.
The council says the changes will make it easier to recycle, reduce waste, and support a commitment to move towards zero residual waste to landfill and incineration.
This first phase involves the replacement of current 55 litre recycling boxes with 240 litre wheelie bins.
Lancaster City Council said this was "to increase recycling capacity and reduce contamination rates".
Food waste collections will begin the week after delivery of the caddies, and the waste will be taken to Lancashire County Council’s Farington Waste Recovery Park.
The next scheduled Street Meets will take place at the following locations:
Thursday, 6 November - Lancaster
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12 pm: Corner of Emerson St and Wakefield Drive, LA1 4EJ
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12.45pm: Lily Grove, LA1 4TR
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1.30 pm: Rosebery Avenue, LA1 4DJ
Friday, 7 November - Lancaster
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12 pm: Regent Street, LA1 1SQ
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1 pm: Lincoln Road, LA1 1DJ
Tuesday, 11 November - Heysham and Morecambe
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12 pm: Outside More Music, Morecambe, LA3 1QT
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1 pm: Junction of Alexandra Road and Westminster Road, Heysham, LA3, 1SL
Wednesday, 12 November - Morecambe
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12 pm: Junction of Chatsworth Road and Albert Road, LA4 4HY
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1 pm: Junction of Clarendon Road East and Albert Road, LA4 4HX
Thursday, 13 November - Morecambe
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12 pm: Junction of Clark Street and Lucy Street, LA4 5HR
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12.45 pm: Junction of Rose Street and Oxford Street, LA4 5JG
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1.30pm: Junction of Clarence Street and Morecambe Street West, LA4 5HE
Friday, 14 November - Morecambe
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1 pm: Junction of Kensington Road and Westover Street, LA4 5LZ
More locations will be added in due course.
More information HERE.


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