East Ayrshire bin recycling calendar available online

Recycling calendars are now available. <i>(Image: David Gordon)</i>
Recycling calendars are now available. (Image: David Gordon)
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RESIDENTS can now access their new recycling calendars, ahead of a bin shake-up later this year aiming to save East Ayrshire Council £1.7m a year.

The 2026-27 rota can now be found online, which includes regular collection dates, changeover weeks for the new bins and new collection schedule.

The new collection service will see the recycling trolley replaced with three separate wheeled bins for paper and cardboard, plastics and cans, and glass.

It will be rolled out first in Cumnock and the surrounding area from May 18.

Each of the new bins, along with the general waste bin, will be collected once every four weeks, while the food caddy will be collected weekly alongside.

The trolley will be removed after its last collection, and the new bins will be delivered between Monday and Friday of the changeover week.

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