RECYCLING services to Torridge's 31,500 households will be reintroduced from Monday, July 13.

In just over a week since the council learned of the sudden and immediate closure of South Molton Recycling, council officers and partners have built an entirely new service from scratch to deliver recycling services across the district once more.

Plans have been put in place to re-start collections on the same days and for the same materials as were previously collected.

The only difference that residents will notice is that materials will not be sorted at the kerbside but later by a reprocessor.

Residents will be able to put out their recycling in the same receptacles they used previously — the green box, and green and brown bags.

A fleet of vehicles has been acquired to operate the scheme and 13 people employed.

During the current week the council will also continue with the deployment of further 'bring site' facilities to support recycling ahead of next week's resumption of kerbside collection.