Highland Council to recycle more plastic waste

Plastic tubs can join bottles and tops in blue bins from later this month

Households in the Highlands will be encouraged to recycle more plastic waste from the end of this month.

Highland Council said food pots, tubs and trays - once they have been cleaned and dried - can be dumped in blue bins from 31 August.

Black plastic, however, should not be put in the bins. The local authority said there was not yet a "ready market" for that type of plastic.

The bins are already used for recycling paper, cardboard and plastic bottles.