Big changes to bins and bin collections were announced at the end of last year. But what do they mean for households?
Here's what we know.
Kerbside recycling will remain pretty much unchanged, with recycling being collected in the same number of bins.
A plan to introduce an extra bin to sort cards and paper separately was dropped following an unsuccessful trial in Chippenham in October.
However, from 2027 residents will soon be able to recycle soft plastics, like bread bags. This will need to be put into single-use bags to be put into the recycling bin.
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Food waste recycling is also coming in 2027. Households will be given at least one caddy and maybe two - a small one for the kitchen and a larger one for kerbside collection.
Residual rubbish - that is, waste that is non-recyclable - would switch from a two-week collection cycle to once every three weeks. Wiltshire Council says once food and plastics have been taken out of residual waste there will be less to collect.
Neighbouring councils have three-week collections and these seem to work well.
For bulkier waste, residents could soon have to book a slot on an app before using their local recycling centre.
The Liberal Democrat-led administration says this is to avoid congestion at peak times. It would also stop non-Wiltshire residents from using Wiltshire's recycling centres.
But residents in the north of the county face - and their unwanted items - face an uncertain future.
The Household Recycling Centres at Purton and at Lower Compton, near Calne, are earmarked for closure.
Of the ten HRCs in the county, these are the only two not on land owned by Wiltshire Council. The Lib Dems say private contractor Hills was asking too much money to renew the contracts at its HRCs.
The council wants to open a north Wiltshire facility on land it does own. But that could take up to four years.
In the meantime, residents could be asked to drive to Marlborough or Stanton St Quintin, near Chippenham, to do their recycling.
The decision has been unpopular and the council is working hard behind the scenes to find solutions. Will a deal be struck with Hills? Could Swindon's HRC throw open its doors to north Wiltshire residents? Might skips return to village halls and council-run car parks?
Those are all the things we don't know.
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