PLANS to collect black bins every three weeks instead of two are expected to be confirmed next week.
South Gloucestershire Council’s cabinet is being recommended to formally approve the change, to save just over £1 million a year, when it meets next Monday.
The new three-weekly collections would start from 2026.
Residents in the district currently get their black bins, for rubbish that can’t be recycled, emptied every fortnight.
The changes form part of a wider new contract with waste firm Suez, for collecting bins over the next eight years.
Fees to have garden waste collected will also double.
Opposition councillors previously warned that their switch to three-weekly collections could leave some residents short of space in their bins.
But council bosses believe a large chunk of what goes into the average black bin could actually be recycled or placed in food waste bins.
Changes also include allowing residents to recycle more types of plastic, such as soft wrappers, to reduce the amount of rubbish that needs to go into black bins.
A cabinet report said: “There have been numerous consultation and engagement events and exercises to ensure residents and stakeholders are fully briefed, informed and involved, where possible, in the decision-making process.
“These proposed service changes will provide savings to ensure the council continues to provide a viable ongoing waste service offer to residents.
“They also seek to improve recycling rates, reduce carbon and improve the quality of the service provided.
“We are now formalising the arrangements for contract award and there are no alternative options available at this stage.”
Household waste recycling centres, also known as Sort It Centres, will become in-house and run by the council, too.
By Alex Seabrook, Local Democracy Reporting Service