Bradford Council is to hold an awareness campaign in a bid to encourage greener residents recycle even more.

Aerosol cans, cereal boxes and both white and coloured envelopes are some of the things that can be placed in kerbside recycling bins it provides to householders.

The Council wants to make more people aware of all the different items that can be recycled this way.

The Did You Know? campaign is aimed at residents who already recycle, but could perhaps recycle more.

Posters are going up on billboards and buses around the district later this month, highlighting the items which could be placed in kerbside recycling bins, but are often overlooked.

Leaflets will also be distributed to households that do currently recycle, providing information about everything that can be placed in their recycle bins.

For example, many people think they have to remove plastic film windows from envelopes before they place them in the recycle bin, when in fact there is no need to do this. They can be left as they are and popped in the paper recycling bin. The only envelopes they cannot recycle are brown ones.

In addition Did you know? stickers will also be stuck on recycling bins.

Items often overlooked by recyclers include aerosol cans, food tins, cereal boxes, white and coloured envelopes and clear glass jars. All these items can go in Council kerbside recycling bins.

Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the Council’s executive member for environment and culture, said: “Many people are already being conscientious about recycling, but we can all do a bit more.

“If we look at the cans and packages we use there are many that still end up in the main bin, but they don’t have to. This will help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.”

The campaign follows the news that in September the Council became one of the first local authorities in the country to trial a new system to recycle old batteries. It joined a consortium taking part in the UK’s only free national recovery scheme for all types of batteries, called Battery Back. Special bins were placed at Council buildings and recycling centres.