Waste chiefs in Carmarthenshire are hoping the public will support a major change in rubbish collection and that fly-tipping won't increase as a result of it. Black bin bags will be picked up from the kerbside every three weeks instead of two from the end of January in tandem with an expanded recycling collection, as previously reported on Wales Online.
Glass bottles and jars will be collected in a box - along with black bags - while blue recycling bags will be picked up every week instead of two along with green food waste bins. Speaking at a council governance and audit committee meeting, Cllr Kim Broom asked if "unintended consequences" of potentially more fly-tipping incidents had been factored as residents got used to putting their black bags out on a three-weekly cycle.
"To be honest, I think there will be an issue with fly-tipping, especially in the early start of the implementation, before there is a change in behaviour," she said. "I think we need to be aware that this is potentially a problem."
