It has nearly been a month into the expanded roll out of a controversial separated recycling scheme in Cardiff. Many parts of Wales already used a kerbsite-sorted system like this, but it has not been used in the nation's capital until now. Residents in Danescourt were part of the 5,000 households across Cardiff who were told that they would be taking part in a recycling trial involving the separation of items into different containers for collection.
The new trial follows an earlier a six-month trial of the scheme across 4,000 homes in Llandaff, Radyr, Trowbridge and Pentwyn drew a sizeable amount of criticism from residents, with 55% of 363 respondents to a survey on trial saying they felt dissatisfied with the service. The survey results also showed that 37% were satisfied and about 30% were very dissatisfied with the service, with difficulties using the new containers due to protected characteristics like age or disability, confusion over what to do and the storage of containers among the main complaints.
Cardiff Council aims to introduce separate recycling collections across Cardiff over the next two years. So, what have some of the residents who are part of the newly expanded trial been saying about the scheme?
