RICHMONDSHIRE residents are being urged to think of their communities as they recycle this Christmas.

If the district’s bring banks are full, residents are asked not to leave recycling piled up beside them but instead take it home and keep it until the banks are empty - or it can be taken with the kerbside collections.

The District Council’s collections crews will be having a well earned break over the festive season so they will not be emptying the bring sites between Christmas Day and Monday, December 28.

The district council's corporate director, Colin Dales, said: “We do not want to discourage people from recycling but we ask that they do not cause a mountain of recyclate at our bring sites which looks unsightly, can blow and cause litter – and often cannot be recycled as it gets too wet.

He added: “We ask that they keep it dry at home until the banks are empty or put it out with their kerbside collections.”