Bin collections reduced in council cost-cutting move
The brown bins will only be collected every two weeks, rather than weekly.
Bin collections will be reduced in North Ayrshire from next month in a council cost-cutting move.
The local authority is trying to make £73m of savings and faces a potential funding gap of up to £44m by 2020.
From November 6, brown bins used for food and garden waste will only be collected every two weeks, rather than weekly.
A North Ayrshire Council spokesperson said: "Ideally, we would want to keep the weekly brown bin collection but this is not possible given the annual reduction in funding the Council has had to deal with.
"Since 2010/11, the council has had to find £73m of savings which has not been an easy task.
"Although we are reducing the frequency of our brown bin collections, we are ensuring that a consistent collection service is maintained for all households."