See Waste collections  link on left for more info on this:

As you will be aware, Durham County Council is making significant changes to rubbish and recycling collections throughout the county.

Depending on where you live, changes will be introduced between April and June and, where necessary, will include the delivery of a new bin for recycling (between February and May) and a change to collection days.

Over the next two weeks your residents will receive the council’s Guide to Services with the introductory leaflet inside it, so you may see contact with residents on this subject increase as they receive this piece of literature.

In order to help answer any queries raised, I’d like to draw your attention to the following online information: www.durham.gov.uk/bins. This will give you all the information you need to answer any questions that may arise from your residents. Or you could just refer them to the website shown above.

In addition to that information, residents are also able to enter their postcode to My Durham, available on every web page, to find out exactly what the arrangements are for them.