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Rubbish bins voxpop: Will you recycle more?
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Rubbish bins voxpop: Will you recycle more?

Alistair Attwood·
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·26 October 2015

In late July this year changes to the waste collection system in Cardiff were introduced in an effort to meet new government recycling targets.

Ninety six thousand homes in Cardiff have had their 240 litre rubbish bins swapped with smaller 140 litre bins.

There has been vocal opposition to the move and against Cllr Bob Derbyshire, the architect behind the changes.

Community Journalist Geraldine Nichols said that she, “Can’t help but be worried as the changes come into effect that this is an ill-thought out and expensive scheme which is not suitable for the inner city areas of Cardiff.”

Cardiff Council missed the recycling target of 52% by 2% in 2013/14 and targets for 2015/16 have been increased to 58%.

Every one percent below the recycling target could result in a £400,000 fine.

The campaign against the bins is still taking place with #banbobsbins proving a popular Twitter tag among protesters.

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