In the latest drive to boost the recycling rate in Leeds, the city council is to introduce huge community bins.
The large recycling points will be introduced to areas in Beckhills and Meanwood where there are currently no pick-ups due to poor access, the Yorkshire Evening Post reports.
Residents in the two regions will be encouraged to use the communal facilities where they can dispose of materials such as paper, card, cans and plastic bottles.
According to the news provider, it comes as part of a move to provide every property throughout the borough with access to recycling facilities.
The expansion of Leeds’s waste management facilities may provide commercial business to firms involved in the recycling and bulk handling sectors.
Commenting on the scheme, Councillor Matthew Lobley told the news paper: "We have extremely ambitious targets to increase our recycling rates – we want to be recycling 41 per cent of waste by the end of this year and over 50 per cent by 2020 – and we will need to be creative if we are to achieve these aims."
Other UK cities have also adopted their own recycling targets as the UK aims to become entirely waste-free.
