Twin Bin rolls out to 8,000 residents
Torfaen’s twin bin scheme is due to expand to thousands of homes next month. Torfaen Council will add around 8,000 more residents to the scheme where recycling is collected every week and garden and food waste and non-recyclable rubbish are collected on alternate weeks.
The latest rollout will cover areas including Trevethin, Penygarn, St Cadocs, Wainfelin, Brynwern, new inn, Pontypool and Cwmynyscoy.
After the rollout, almost 32,000 residents will be on the scheme. The council hit a 38 per cent recycling rate last year with nearly 8,000 less tonnes of waste being sent to landfill.
Substantial rises in recycling over the last 12 months have left Torfaen just two per cent short of the Welsh Assembly’s 2009-10 recycling target. And the local authority is in the top 25 per cent of Welsh authorities for its recycling performance.
Councillor John Cunningham, Executive Member for operational services, said: "Thanks to residents in Torfaen, the Twin Bin scheme has already proved a big success. We are confident that by adding more residents to the scheme our recycling rates will continue to improve as it is the best way to get more people recycling."
Flats and housing with communal rubbish collections in the new areas will be the only properties not added to the scheme, but the council will be looking at reassessing the needs of these particular properties over the next few months.
Roger Mills, manager of Torfaen Cleanstream Recycling which collects the black boxes, said: "We’re looking forward to more residents joining the scheme and doing their bit to recycle more and protect the environment."
A booklet giving more details will be delivered to residents together with new green bins for kitchen and garden waste, kitchen caddies and black
boxes for recycling.
Anyone who has a legitimate reason for thinking they will not be able to adapt to the scheme can phone 01495 766608.