A SURVEY has revealed that East Yorkshire residents are throwing less rubbish away.

The survey by East Riding of Yorkshire Council monitors what is put in green bins and sent to landfill.

A spokesman said the amount of waste in the bins was down, although nearly a third of it was food, much of it still in unopened packaging.

Coun Symon Fraser said: “It is very good news that East Riding households are sending less waste to landfill.

“These surveys are helping us determine which recycling and composting facilities and services will best help our residents.

“As a result of the earlier surveys, we delivered the brown bins for garden waste and last month announced the future collection of food waste and cardboard.

“The brown bins are a shining example of success, now taking more than 80 per cent of garden waste out of the green bins and, therefore, out of landfill. Instead, it is being recycled as compost.”