A trial which would see non-recyclable waste collections change to once every three weeks could be introduced in Cardiff in a bid to improve recycling rates. Cardiff Council's cabinet is set to make a decision on whether or not to approve a new recycling strategy, which could include trialling a number of measures like moving from non-recyclable waste collections every two weeks to every three weeks.
The proposed trial would apply to areas where residents have wheelie bins. Another proposal is to trial a reduction in the number of bags of non-recyclable waste households can put out from three to two per fortnight.
Cardiff Council's Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Cllr Caro Wild, said: "All the evidence shows that in some cases you need to make it easier to do the recycling, which of course we collect every week on your doorstep, and less convenient to do the general waste. If you have got two choices and the easier choice is you can chuck it in the black bin, and that black bin is big enough for you to keep putting stuff in, then are you being pushed in every way to recycle?"
