Dundee environment convener Craig Melville is confident the city can meet Scottish Government targets for recycling after a neighbouring authority admitted the task would be challenging.
The Scottish Government wants 70% of all waste to be recycled and no more than 5% sent to landfill by 2025.
Recycling rates in Angus and Dundee fell when the DERL waste-to-energy facility in the city was closed by a fire in 2012, and the two local authorities had to send more waste for burial.
The two councils’ recycling rates have since improved with the Baldovie plant’s reopening and £13.5 million modernisation.
A scrutiny panel in Angus concluded that a recycling/composting intermediate target of 50% should be achieved and that an actual rate of 60% for this year was possible.
Angus councillor Bob Spink said meeting the 70% target by 2025 will be “challenging but achievable.”
It would depend on public understanding of the magnitude of the task and support for Angus Council’s collection regimes.
In Dundee 60% of all waste is recovered and converted to energy, 30% is composted and 10% is disposed of in landfill.
Councillor Melville said: “We are fully committed to meeting the Scottish Government’s recycling targets and we are confident we can do so.
“The council recently agreed to introduce weekly food waste collections in certain areas, along with a new way of collecting paper, glass and plastic.
“This will be an improvement on current services and support the move to fortnightly general waste collections which will double Dundee’s recycling rate.
“It is a tried and tested measure, with the top 10 performing recycling authorities all operating in this way.”
Dundee City Council decided in April to change from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collections to boost recycling performance.
Opposition councillors wanted more public consultation but Mr Melville said the city was one of only five Scottish councils that still had a weekly collections.
He insisted: “This is not a reduction in service it’s an expansion in service.”
It will take two years to implement the system, costing £1.4m, in the city.