Torfaen's twin bin scheme is to expand to thousands of homes early next year.
Torfaen Council is due to add around 8,000 more residents to the scheme where recycling is collected every week and garden and food waste and non-recyclable rubbish are collected on alternate weeks.
The latest rollout will cover areas including Trevethin, Penygarn, St Cadocs, Wainfelin, Brynwern, New Inn, Pontypool and Cwmynyscoy.
After the rollout, almost 32,000 residents will be on the scheme which already covers areas like, Ponthir, Sebastopol, Croesyceiliog, Upper Cwmbran and Fairwater.
The council hit a 37 per cent recycling rate this year with nearly 8,000 less tonnes of waste being sent to landfill during the last year.
Christina Harrhy, Head of Technical Services and Performance, said: "This scheme has helped us to increase our recycling rates significantly."
Substantial rises in recycling over the last 12 months have left Torfaen just three per cent short of the Welsh Assembly's 2009-10 recycling target and the local authority is in the top 25 per cent of Welsh authorities for its recycling performance.
Councillor John Cunningham, Executive Member for Operational Services, said: "Thanks to residents in Torfaen, the Twin Bin Scheme has already proved a big success. We are confident that by adding more residents to the scheme our recycling rates will continue to improve. The twin bin scheme is the best way to get more people recycling."
Flats and housing with communal rubbish collections in the new areas will be the only properties not added to the scheme, but the council will be looking at reassessing the needs of these particular properties over the next few months.
Roger Mills, manager of Torfaen Cleanstream Recycling which collects the black boxes, said: "We're looking forward to more residents joining the scheme and doing their bit to recycle more and protect the environment."
Letters about the scheme will be delivered to residents later this year and a booklet giving more details will then be delivered together with new green bins, kitchen caddies and black boxes.
There will also be a council roadshow aimed at raising awareness about recycling and the twin bin scheme. Staff will be on hand to answer questions at Asda Supermarket in Cwmbran from November 21 to 23, 9am to 4pm.
Anyone who has a legitimate reason for thinking they will not adapt to the scheme can phone 01495 766608.
For more information visit the rubbish, waste and recycling| area of the website.