A WASTE chief has promised to act on feedback from families involved in a trial of the district's kerbside recycling scheme.

The families - all Shuttle Times & News readers - were picked to test out the scheme, which will be rolled out to homes from July.

They all gave it the thumbs-up and hailed it a "very good" scheme, while also highlighting minor issues of concern.

Now Steve Brant, the council's cleansing services manager, has pledged to take the comments on board.

Natalie Bourne, her husband and six young children, from Stourport, normally have to use leftover space in neighbours' bins to take their excess rubbish every week, so were keen to see the difference that would come from recycling.

Instead they found their recycling boxes were "overflowing", while their wheelie bin was not, for once, full to the brim.

Mrs Bourne was concerned, however, at how her large family would cope with the switch to a fortnightly wheelie bin collection. "We support recycling, definitely, but it will be a struggle. We recycled everything we could but still had to throw away quite a lot. I'm sure smaller families and couples will cope though." She also suggested having a lid would keep toddlers away from the open boxes.

In response, Mr Brant said the council would be introducing a "larger families" policy, which will be unveiled before the scheme begins.

Fellow mum Clare Palmer and her young family, of Comberton, were pleased with the test-run.

"The boxes take up quite a bit of space. It would be difficult for people with a small or no back garden and no garage. But it's just a case of us getting organised and changing the way we do things.

"We can't carry on throwing everything away. People are against incinerators and against landfill so this has to be the way forward."

Mr Brant added the comments from all four families involved would be assessed and considered. He also thanked the families for their efforts.

Under the scheme households will get two recycling boxes for paper, cardboard, textiles, glass, plastic and tins, which will be emptied weekly. The rest of the rubbish will go in the existing wheelie bins, which will be collected fortnightly.

The final results of the two-week trial will be unveiled next week.