{"id":25731,"date":"2018-02-20T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25731"},"modified":"2018-02-20T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:18:23","slug":"new-glass-recycling-caddies-trialled-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/new-glass-recycling-caddies-trialled-city\/","title":{"rendered":"New glass recycling caddies to be trialled in city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PEOPLE living in Rhiwbina and Ely will be first to trial a new glass-recycling scheme in Cardiff.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The changes are part of plans to save \u00a338,000 from recycling collections. Residents will be asked to separate glass recycling into special caddies, which will be provided by the council.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the draft Capital Programme, \u00a3300,000 will be spent on \u201ca separate glass collection to residents, so reducing processing and treatment costs.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It will also help the council meet Welsh Government recycling targets: current levels are 64 per cent but this has to rise to 70 per cent by 2025.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cabinet member Michael Michael said: \u201cI firmly believe the public strongly back what we are doing.\u201d But reactions to the proposed changes are mixed. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pauline Southwood, 71, has lived in Caerau for 15 years. As a pensioner, she worries about the extra costs from washing her glass. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI refuse point blank to wash bottles. I\u2019m on a water meter and if the council want them washed they can wash them. I have no intention of paying for increased water consumption,\u201d she said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m a pensioner on a fixed budget and every penny counts.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25734\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25734\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25734\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Rhiwbina-bins-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> Recycling bags on the kerbside in Rhiwbina. Photo Credit: Rhiannon Hopley<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Morag Redman is a grandmother living in Llanishen. She said:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s fine if you could lift. But too heavy for people on their own with no help.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bethan Collins lives in Rhiwbina with her young family and thinks the change is positive: \u201cRecycling is so important for our planet. Think of our future generations.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposals signal a shift in approaches to waste management. Coun. Michael confirmed that a new truck will be bought for the trial, but the scheme won\u2019t incur any additional costs. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are at present going through a new procurement process for our refuse fleet and the glass trial has been built into it so costs are not a concern,\u201d said Coun. Michael.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More than three-quarters of people support the move towards separate glass collection according to the budget consultation results, with the highest level of support among residents aged over-55.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25735\" style=\"width: 991px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25735\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"991\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph.png 991w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-770x446.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-500x290.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-293x170.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25735\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"991\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph.png 991w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-770x446.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-500x290.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/graph-293x170.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 991px\" \/><\/noscript> Support for the proposed separate glass collection in Cardiff. Source: Budget Consultation, November-December 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of the older members of Rhiwbina remember the time when they got money back for their pop bottles. Philip Jones said: \u201cI always recycle my bottles. It is a shame they stopped the 3d deposits. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI made a fortune as a teenager collecting them and returning them to the pub, especially the ones from the Corona factory on Ty Glas Road.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEOPLE living in Rhiwbina and Ely will be first to trial a new glass-recycling scheme in Cardiff. The changes are part of plans to save \u00a338,000 from recycling collections. Residents will be asked to separate glass recycling into special caddies, which will be provided by the council. According to the draft Capital Programme, \u00a3300,000 will be spent on \u201ca separate glass collection to residents, so reducing processing and treatment costs.\u201d It will also help the council meet Welsh Government recycling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":25734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,135,14,1011,5],"tags":[5619,52,5665,1009],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ely-caerau","category-llanishen","category-longer-reads","category-rhiwbina","category-where-you-live","tag-budget-201819","tag-cardiff-council","tag-glass-recycling","tag-recycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New glass recycling caddies to be trialled in city - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/new-glass-recycling-caddies-trialled-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New glass recycling caddies to be trialled in city - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PEOPLE living in Rhiwbina and Ely will be first to trial a new glass-recycling scheme in Cardiff. 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