Should residents wait until their recycling boxes are full before putting them out for collection?

Should Powys residents wait until their recycling boxes are full before putting them on the kerb for collection, a councillor has asked.

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At a meeting of the council’s Economy Residents and Communities scrutiny committee on Monday, January 27 councillors probed draft budget proposals for savings and costs.

One of the savings proposed by the Highways Transport and Recycling for next year is £52,500 which would come from: “route optimisation of waste and recycling collections.”

Labour’s Cllr Liz Rijnenberg said: “Sometimes when you look out on the street you see recycling bins that are full and overflowing, but equally you see a lot of bins that only have one or two items in.

“I wonder if the portfolio holder had considered whether or not there would be any labour saving if people did not put their recycling out until their bins are full.”

She believed this would be a “sensible” approach.

Cabinet member for highways transport and recycling, Liberal Democrat Cllr Jackie Charlton said: “I have actually had this issue myself and whether I should put the (recycling) bin out with one bottle in it or leave it until the following week.