The regular waste bins will not have notches

Derbyshire Dales council is rolling out the green waste bins, which have Braille on the top and two deep notches in the lid, to most council residents.

The notches will help visually-impaired people to differentiate recycling bins from the municipal waste bins.

The council introduced the design because it thought the twin-bin system might be confusing.

March debut

The two different bins are not identical as one is 140 litres and the other 240 litres, but they are difficult to tell apart, waste management officer Keith Hollinshead said.

Myra Challand of the Derbyshire Association for the Blind said: "I think it is a great idea, but the notches are a better idea than the Braille as a lot of blind people today don't use Braille.

"I have a lot of problems with colour, so the bins with some sort of mark on the top is a good move."

The new bins will be rolled out across the district by the end of March.