DUMPED settees and unwanted rubbish could soon be a thing of the past when gigantic skips help make Worcester a tidier place.

The skips will be visiting three city locations on a rotational basis as part of the community skip trial scheme.

They will call at Warndon, Ronkswood and Diglis and the scheme will last until the end of this financial year.

Dates were announced for the first time at Worcester City Council's Community Services Policy and Review Committee.

"The times for the skips will be out next week," said Councillor Mike Francis.

"I think it's a shame that we had to wait until November for it to happen."

The skip scheme will start on Saturday, November 3, in Shap Drive, Warndon, for a week, then move to Liverpool Road, Ronkswood, for seven days before heading for Waverley Street, Diglis.

The skips will be transported by large vehicles to each of the places on a rotational weekly system.

"Will there be helpers to help people put things into the skips? Last time I was there I had a heavy television," said Coun Rod Staines.

Mike Harrison, director of operational services at Worcester City Council, said that there would be two people to help with lifting heavy rubbish on each site.

Worcester City Council has spent around £15,000 so far on the scheme, from a £24,000 budget.

It will be similar to the old skip scheme that operated in Ronkswood, Diglis and Warndon until 1996.

"We need to assess the success of the scheme," said Coun Francis, after the meeting.

"We haven't used skips in those areas for so long and areas such as Ronkswood have become a dumping ground.

"I went round to Canterbury Road, Ronkswood the other day and people said they welcomed the scheme.

"People have had burned-out cars one day and settees the next day, dumped outside their homes."