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image captionA new service is being rolled out across Dumfries and Galloway
A council left with thousands of unneeded bins when it shelved a waste collection system has urged the public to be positive about its new plans.
Dumfries and Galloway trialled a previous scheme but never rolled it out regionwide.
The council said early feedback had been positive .
Dumfries and Galloway Council was one of a handful of councils to operate a single-bin system thanks to an Eco Deco waste treatment plant which separated waste so households did not have to.
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In order to meet recycling targets, separate collections of waste were required.