It means an end to different collection days for your domestic rubbish, recycling and garden waste.

Domestic waste (what you put in your bin bag) will continue to be collected weekly. Recycling and garden rubbish will remain a fortnightly service.

How to find out what your new collection day is:

Text: Text the words SANDWELL BINDAY, your postcode and house number to 60003 and we will text you back with your new collection day.

Leaflet: This week you'll receive a leaflet through your door with details of your new collection day and a calendar for you to keep.

Phone: Contact Sandwell Council by phone on 0845 359 7501 between 8am-8pm Monday to Friday and 8.30am-1.30pm on Saturday.

Please note, this bin day change does not affect residents living in flats, apartments, sheltered housing and other properties with communal bin stores.

In parallel with the iPhone version, Looking Local’s Android app allows people to report local issues using the capability of the phone – camera and mapping functionality – in just a few easy steps. Whether it is graffiti, potholes, abandoned vehicles, dumped rubbish, anti social behaviour or street lighting issues, all reports go through to the right organisation for handling.

On top of the reporting functionality, the app allows users to find their nearest local public services, search Looking Local via a ‘Favourites’ functionality and find all the content local and national partners provide.

Download it free here https://market.android.com/details?id=uk.gov.lookinglocal.lla&feature=search_result

Works, which include a new insulated render system, new windows, roof and balcony works, as well as improvements to car parking and the landscaping around the block are anticipated to take 65 weeks.

Cllr Simon Hackett, Sandwell’s cabinet member for housing, said: “I am pleased the refurbishment of the block will shortly be starting.

“These improvements will bring significant benefits to those living in the block, including reduced heating bills.”

The 11-storey block, built in 1966, has 77 dwellings which will also receive improvements to the communal areas within the block, including redecorations, new front entrance doors, lift refurbishment and refuse chute replacement.

John Clayton, investment director for Sandwell Homes, added: “We will work with the block’s tenants through our team of resident liaison officers to make the refurbishment process as comfortable as possible.”