Petrolia’s recycling is about to get rolling.

The town will be switching over to wheelie bins in January.

Officials from Waste Management came to Petrolia council recently to talk about the new program which will replace the familiar blue boxes.

Waste Management won a contract to provide waste diversion programs in the region under a new recycling system which is paid by the producers who create packaging instead of the municipalities.

Homes in Petrolia will receive two 64 gallon carts but there will be no blue to be found. Recycling will be put in a bin with a yellow lid now; household garbage will go into the bin with the green lid.

The bins will be dropped off at homes in the late fall and the town and waste management are planning public open houses in the fall as well.

Any new homes in the community will get the bins delivered to their homes once they have been given an occupancy permit.

The new bins are expected to boost the town’s recycling rate which well below the provincial target of 60 per cent.

The program will cost $115,000 saving Petrolia $34,000 a year.