A recycling scheme will be launched in Saltburn next week.

The pilot scheme will recycle garden waste from households into compost for local allotments and farmland.

It will begin on Wednesday, May 7, and involve making kerbside collections from homes in the town.

Anthony Smith, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's recycling officer, said: "Our key objective is to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill and incineration, as well as increasing the proportion of waste either recycled or composted across the borough."

Weekly kerbside collections will be undertaken throughout the summer and garden waste - grass cuttings, weeds, prunings and leaves - will be taken to an allotment site for composting.

Up to 30 per cent of the waste collected will be available for allotments and the rest will be used on farmland.

Home composting units are available from the borough council's nursery at Kirkleatham Village, near Redcar, at £14 for 220 litres and £17 for 330 litres.

Bagged recycled products, including soil conditioner, mulch, top soil and wood chip, are also available at a cost of £1.30 per bag. The products are also available loose for delivery at £15 per tonne.

For further information telephone (01642) 776952.