The first York households set for new wheelie bins are due to get them delivered next month ahead of a wider roll out over the summer.
City of York Council has begun writing to the 2,835 homes in the Micklegate and Heworth wards ahead of the delivery of bins from Monday, June 16.
Phase one of the Bags to Bins scheme is set to be followed by deliveries to almost 2,800 homes in Clifton, Fishergate, Guildhall and Holgate from Monday, 4 August.
Council business manager for environmental services Rebecca Copley told councillors a third phase would look at deliveries to additional streets deemed harder to collect wheelie bins from.
It comes as the council’s economy, place, access and transport committee was told the roll out was set to get underway following delays earlier this year.
Environmental services lead Ian Hoult told councillors competing budget priorities and issues with buying the bins had led to the delays.
The budget for the scheme totalled £122,000, with £36,000 remaining for additional streets set to be looked at in the third phase.
People due for deliveries are set to receive an initial letter followed by one with more details and answers to frequently asked questions.
Each home is set to get a 180 litre grey wheelie bin as standard, with options to upgrade for larger families.
The first bins will be free but households will be charged for replacements if they are lost, damaged or stolen.
Councillors heard households should label their bins as soon as they get them to help stop them going missing.
They also heard that households currently using their own bins should switch to ones provided by the council to ensure they can fit in lifts on lorries.
Council figures show around 2,000 out of the city’s 95,000 households will be left without bins following the rollout, most of them within the city walls.
Business manager for environmental services Ms Copley said the council would consider sending bins to households not currently set to get them if they can show collections would be viable.
The manager said: “We’re happy to reassess some homes, but there are some streets that are very unlikely to get a bin in the future.”