A council official said recycling contamination has been dealt with harshly to help people in the Vale of Glamorgan pick up the separated recycling method quicker. The Vale of Glamorgan Council continued the rollout of its separated recycling scheme as it was introduced to Penarth, Llandough, Sully, Dinas Powys, and the surrounding area on April 17.
Separated recycling, or source-separated recycling as it is sometimes known, was introduced to Barry in 2020. As with its initial rollout there the introduction of source-separated recycling in the wider Vale was not without its teething problems.
Within days of the expanded rollout a number of people took to social media to complain about their recycling not having been collected after being issued with a sticker notifying them that it was contaminated. This is known as a 'lockout'. Some residents have also been known to refer to the action as having been branded with the 'sticker of doom' by 'Sticker Steve'.
