Significant changes to recycling and black bag collections in Carmarthenshire have come into effect this week. The new approach came into effect on Monday January 23 and sees an increase in the number of recycling collections carried out across the county.
As opposed to blue bags being collected once a fortnight, they will now be collected from outside people’s homes once a week, alongside the green bin for food waste. Black bags, which were collected every two weeks, will now be picked up every three weeks, with a maximum of three bags per house in total being permitted to be left outside homes. The council says the changes are because almost half of the contents put in black bags are recyclable.
The move has been hailed as a “step in the right direction to improve the wellbeing of Carmarthenshire" as the council gears up for further changes in 2024 which will drastically alter the way residents store waste and leave it out on the kerbside.
