RESIDENTS in Kendal will start receiving their new blue recycling bags next week in readiness for plastic and cardboard kerbside collections starting in the New Year.

From January 5 2015 South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) will begin collecting plastic and cardboard from the kerbside of more than 14,000 households in the Kendal area, the first phase of an expansion of kerbside collections that will eventually take in the whole district.

From next Friday, residents scheduled to get the plastic and cardboard collections from January 5 2015 will begin receiving the new blue recycling bags to use for collecting plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays; as well as cans.

One of the existing blue boxes will be used for cardboard and paper, with the other continuing to be used for glass.

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Information leaflets about the changes will also be distributed with the new bags.

Details of exactly when each area of Kendal moving to the plastics and cardboard collections will be getting blue bags will be posted on the council’s website and social media pages.

Visit www.southlakeland.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling for more information about the scheme, as well as video guides about which container to use for which recycling materials and what happens to your plastic after collection.

Wards included in the first phase of the plastics and cardboard collections are: Kendal Highgate; Kendal Kirkland; Kendal Mintsfeet; Kendal Romney; Kendal Strickland; Kendal Underley; Kendal Far Cross; Kendal Fell; Kendal Castle; Kendal Heron Hill; Kendal, Oxenholme and Natland; Kendal Parks; Kendal Stone Cross; Burneside.