Back court bins could soon be scrapped in favour of on-street hubs under new plans.
Glasgow City Council is piloting the change in three parts of the city which will see new waste and recycling hubs installed on the road.
The move is aimed at eliminating missed collections, giving residents 'back' the rear of their properties, and helping the council's 'limited and stretched' resources go as far as possible.
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There will be four different bins at each hub which will serve a maximum of 40 flats or 26 flats in the Pollokshields area. The bins will be separated into general waste, paper and card, plastic containers, and food waste.
Each hub will be placed on the road facing the pavement, taking up space of around one and a half parking spaces, and will state which properties they are to be used for.
It's hoped that it will encourage residents to drop their rubbish off in smaller amounts more regularly. General waste will be picked up every four days while recycling will be collected every eight days.
The council has said no property will be more than 50 metres from a bin hub.
The first trial will start in streets in Pollokshields - the area that’s bordered by McCulloch Street, Darnley St, Shields Road, and Nithsdale Road - Haghill - on Aberdour St, Aberfeldy St, Aberfoyle St, Aitken St, Appin Road, Marwick St, Walter St - and Anderston for the five tenements at the west end of Berkeley Street.
Councillor Kelly said: “Glasgow has to do bins better and that means we’ve all got to make a few changes.
“We need to make sure the Council’s limited and stretched resources go as far as they can, that health and well-being issues staff raise with us are properly addressed and that recycling rates and the effectiveness of household waste collections improves.
“Recycling is something everyone has to do more of and the additional bins for those whose waste is collected from the front of their homes should make it easier to know what material goes into which bin."
He added: "The trials for purpose-built bin hubs to remove bins from back lanes and back courts has the potential to not only address missed collections and staff carting bins up and down steps, but to give residents back the rear of their properties for any number of new purposes. They’re significant benefits.
“On-street bin hubs have been working really effectively in many European cities and Glasgow shouldn’t be any different.
“We’ll communicate much more information on the trials in the weeks ahead and learn from the pilots over the next year or so what can be improved and from what residents are telling us.
“Everyone wants to see a cleaner and greener Glasgow. Get this right and we’ve taken a giant step along the way.”
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