{"id":60404,"date":"2022-01-28T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=60404"},"modified":"2022-01-28T12:26:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T12:26:40","slug":"new-cardiff-recycling-pilot-asks-residents-to-sort-rubbish-into-six-bins-and-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/01\/28\/new-cardiff-recycling-pilot-asks-residents-to-sort-rubbish-into-six-bins-and-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cardiff recycling pilot asks residents to sort rubbish into six bins and bags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Residents told to use three new containers instead of mixed recycling green bags<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AROUND 4,000 homes in Llandaff, Radyr, Pentwyn and Trowbridge are trialling a new recycling scheme to replace green bags with sacks and caddies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents involved have to separate glass into a new blue caddy and plastic, paper, card and tins into two reusable sacks, rather than putting them all in one green bag, like the rest of Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means residents will have up to six containers for their rubbish – the three new trial ones plus a green bin, black bin and food caddy. If the trial works, the scheme will be rolled out across Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiff Council hopes the scheme will help the city become carbon neutral by 2030 by removing the 24 million single-use green bags currently in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But some people have raised concerns about storing the containers and the waterproof capabilities of the blue sacks for paper and card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those concerned is Ruth Webley, 56, of Pontcanna, who said: \u201cPlaces with flats and only front gardens are going to look dreadful as they will have nowhere else to store the containers. In windy weather, empty bags will be blown around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe money spent on this pilot could go on other things. Why mend something that does not need fixing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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