A MODIFIED plan outlining how Durham will deal with its waste for the next 12 years will go on show on Monday.

Durham County Council is obliged to draw up a waste plan, showing how it proposes to cope with waste in the county until 2016.

After a public inquiry and an inspector's report, the plan has been tweaked and will now go on show for six weeks, with the public invited to comment on the changes.

The plan suggests creating new waste management facilities in sustainable locations.

Chris Tunstall, the county's deputy chief executive for the environment, said: "The plan enables us to deliver the types of facilities that are necessary to reuse, recycle and dispose of our waste."

Copies of the plan are available at local council offices and libraries, on the county's website, www.durham.gov.uk, or by calling 0191-383 4114.