An idea to run a pilot scheme of huge bin bunkers to serve flats in Craigshill, Livingston, would cost more than £1m.
Depute SNP group leader Frank Anderson had called for a report into the bin bunker system which is now being introduced in many English cities. A similar type of refuse collection has also been introduced in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.
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