Housing developers in East Lothian could be charged thousands of pounds extra by the council to provide bins for each new home.

A meeting of the council’s Labour administration cabinet will be asked to approve charges of £67 per new house to provide a set of bins.

And officers putting forward the plan say the fee will not include a garden waste bin, which will be paid for by annual subscription.

A report on the proposals says East Lothian is one of the fastest growing council areas in Scotland, with “significant housing developments, in build or planned”.

It says the current spend on providing refuse and recycling containers is around £160,000 a year, which covers providing new homes with bins and maintaining the current stock, replacing lost or damaged ones.

East Lothian residents currently have six separate bins or containers for every household, with a green household waste bin, brown garden waste bin, blue recycling box for paper and cardboard, a black or green box for glass, a white bag for plastic, metal and cartons, and a food waste caddy.

At their budget meeting earlier this year, councillors agreed a charge would be introduced from next year for garden waste collections.

The report to cabinet says introducing a charge for new housing would bring in £6,700 per 100 new homes.

It said: “Local authorities across the UK have a variety of different policies on charging for waste and recycling containers, with some charging for the supply of all containers to both new and existing properties, some for replacement containers only and some for the supply of containers to new properties only.

“Others provide recycling containers free, but charge for non-recyclable waste containers.”

At Tuesday’s meeting, councillors will be asked to approve a £67 charge, excluding VAT, per property, imposed on all future housing developers, with a full set of containers, excluding the garden waste bins, provided on payment.