More than a third of a million pounds is to be spent on improving recyling in Croydon as the council seeks to hit its green targets.

The £365,000 investment will see improvements carried out across the borough's three reuse and recycling' centres, mainly over the next few months.

Each of the sites - at Fishers Farm in New Addington, Purley Oaks in South Croydon and Factory Lane in Waddon - will benefit from larger, clearer signs to help overcome concerns about depositing household waste that can't be recycled.

The Purley Oaks site in Brighton Road is due to close for one day on Friday, November 10 as improvement works are undertaken. It is due to re-open the next day with new facilities, including compactors for cardboard and specific non-recyclable waste as well as improvements to recycling containers for paper, cans, glass and textiles.

Capacity at Fishers Farm will expand in February to take most of the materials accepted at Purley Oaks. The council said the layout will be improved to ease movement and encourage more recycling.

Factory Lane is set to see the greatest number of changes, including new traffic lanes and an increased range of materials collected for recycling.