Thousands of Bristol residents to get recycling sacks instead of separate boxes View Image

Thousands of Bristol residents will be given recycling sacks to put their rubbish in instead of separating it into boxes. A total of 8,000 homes along main roads and in the city centre will be given an orange sack, where all dry recycling should be thrown into.

The changes planned by Bristol City Council will affect homes like flats above a shop, where there is little space on busy pavements to store recycling boxes. Bin bosses have looked at best practice on red routes in many parts of London, in a bid to clean up shopping streets.

An update on the changes was given to councillors on area committee 7 on Tuesday, September 23. These will happen independently of the proposed switch to a three-

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