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Swansea recycling fines 06:51 - Feb 26 with 12528 viewsLord_Bony

Residents of Swansea can now be fined £100 as from today for failing to recycle waste. New patrol officers will be checking black bin bags on collection day.

If any recyclable material is found and that includes food,fines will be issued. They have been trying to get this implemented since 2006.


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Swansea recycling fines on 07:32 - Feb 26 with 5673 viewsdickythorpe

Just how much is it costing to employ people to check bags?

Far better to collect every week. Just like the old days.
These recycling centres are the new call centres.
If some money people/entrepreneurs got their act together this is lucrative! Plenty out there would enjoy the job.

Bloody ridiculous that 3-4 black bags are the maximum you can put out every fortnight!!
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Swansea recycling fines on 08:06 - Feb 26 with 5633 viewsraynor94

100% agree with this, living in the close vicinity of students it's disgusting how they refuse to recycle.

Let's be fair if you recycle your paper, glass, plastic and food, there's no way you need 3 black bags in a fortnight

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Swansea recycling fines on 08:28 - Feb 26 with 5601 viewsJackfath

Swansea recycling fines on 08:06 - Feb 26 by raynor94

100% agree with this, living in the close vicinity of students it's disgusting how they refuse to recycle.

Let's be fair if you recycle your paper, glass, plastic and food, there's no way you need 3 black bags in a fortnight


Perhaps, that depends on how many live in ones household.

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Swansea recycling fines on 08:32 - Feb 26 with 5594 viewspikeypaul

It's not hard to do is it.

We will always have the lazy who can't be bothered,so let's see if a few £100 fines gets them concentrating,for once the council are doing something correct.

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Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 with 5581 viewsraynor94

Swansea recycling fines on 08:28 - Feb 26 by Jackfath

Perhaps, that depends on how many live in ones household.


Take a family of four, if they recycle properly, 3 bags are more than sufficient, what are people actually putting in black bags?

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Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 with 5580 viewsJackfath

Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 by raynor94

Take a family of four, if they recycle properly, 3 bags are more than sufficient, what are people actually putting in black bags?


Crisp packets.

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Swansea recycling fines on 09:38 - Feb 26 with 5538 viewsjack2jack

Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 by Jackfath

Crisp packets.


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Swansea recycling fines on 09:40 - Feb 26 with 5536 viewscostalotta

Only hard plastics are now being collected in the pink plastic sacks. So...where do the softbplastics go if not recycleable? Swansea council don’t seem to know either!
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:04 - Feb 26 with 5510 viewslifelong

Swansea recycling fines on 08:06 - Feb 26 by raynor94

100% agree with this, living in the close vicinity of students it's disgusting how they refuse to recycle.

Let's be fair if you recycle your paper, glass, plastic and food, there's no way you need 3 black bags in a fortnight


I agree.

Some people have a out of sight out of mind mentality when it comes to waste disposal.
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:24 - Feb 26 with 5488 viewstheloneranger

Swansea recycling fines on 09:40 - Feb 26 by costalotta

Only hard plastics are now being collected in the pink plastic sacks. So...where do the softbplastics go if not recycleable? Swansea council don’t seem to know either!


Try taking a pink bag to a recycling centre.

Every bag is now tipped out and the plastics separated. If they are not sure what plastic it is, it goes to the landfill.

Anything that resembles downpipe, polypipe etc is marked down as the "wrong type of plastic" and goes to the landfill.

Wood is now turned away from all recycling centres since January, and can only go to the baling plant in Llansamlet. Large amounts of wood is now being found in Penlan Rugby club car park, behind the recycling centre!! If you live in and around Mumbles, West Cross etc, you have drive past Clyne recycling centre and go to Llansamlet.

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Swansea recycling fines on 10:32 - Feb 26 with 5476 viewsLeonWasGod

Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 by raynor94

Take a family of four, if they recycle properly, 3 bags are more than sufficient, what are people actually putting in black bags?


Family of 4 here. Easily get by on 1 black bag every 2 weeks, sometimes just 1 a month.

But then we haven't chopped up Mamgi yet and tried to dispose of her. That might be trickier.
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:33 - Feb 26 with 5475 viewscontroversial_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 08:06 - Feb 26 by raynor94

100% agree with this, living in the close vicinity of students it's disgusting how they refuse to recycle.

Let's be fair if you recycle your paper, glass, plastic and food, there's no way you need 3 black bags in a fortnight


What happens if you miss collection day for whatever reason, you have to wait 2 weeks another 2 weeks for collection, hence the black bags
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:35 - Feb 26 with 5471 viewsLeonWasGod

Swansea recycling fines on 09:40 - Feb 26 by costalotta

Only hard plastics are now being collected in the pink plastic sacks. So...where do the softbplastics go if not recycleable? Swansea council don’t seem to know either!


Black bag. It's clear in their info.

Agree on the problem of recycling centres not accepting certain items though, like wood. If the council are going down this route all centres need to take most common items, otherwise lazy feckers will just dump it.
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:37 - Feb 26 with 5463 viewscontroversial_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 10:35 - Feb 26 by LeonWasGod

Black bag. It's clear in their info.

Agree on the problem of recycling centres not accepting certain items though, like wood. If the council are going down this route all centres need to take most common items, otherwise lazy feckers will just dump it.


It's hardly being lazy if centres won't accept the items, what are ppl supposed to do?
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:38 - Feb 26 with 5460 viewsBrynCartwright

Swansea recycling fines on 10:32 - Feb 26 by LeonWasGod

Family of 4 here. Easily get by on 1 black bag every 2 weeks, sometimes just 1 a month.

But then we haven't chopped up Mamgi yet and tried to dispose of her. That might be trickier.


3 in our household. We recycle as much as possible, and never have more than 1 half to three quarters full bin bag every 2 weeks. We have a compost heap for food waste.

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Swansea recycling fines on 10:43 - Feb 26 with 5452 viewscontroversial_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 10:38 - Feb 26 by BrynCartwright

3 in our household. We recycle as much as possible, and never have more than 1 half to three quarters full bin bag every 2 weeks. We have a compost heap for food waste.


Three in this household - most of the time, and my plastics container is literally full every week - as most items come in plastic We don't have a compost heap, because we only have a lawn and patio.The food container is full in no time. Do a cooked dinner; with the veg and potato peelings, a chicken carcass and the thing is full, it's totally inadequate
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:44 - Feb 26 with 5452 viewsunion_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 10:32 - Feb 26 by LeonWasGod

Family of 4 here. Easily get by on 1 black bag every 2 weeks, sometimes just 1 a month.

But then we haven't chopped up Mamgi yet and tried to dispose of her. That might be trickier.


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Swansea recycling fines on 10:50 - Feb 26 with 5444 viewsLeonWasGod

Swansea recycling fines on 10:37 - Feb 26 by controversial_jack

It's hardly being lazy if centres won't accept the items, what are ppl supposed to do?


Er, take it to the one that does. But it's further away and it requires more effort.
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:52 - Feb 26 with 5437 viewsLeonWasGod

Swansea recycling fines on 10:44 - Feb 26 by union_jack

Food bin!😄


Post brexit we could probably sell her off for pet food. We'll keep her fresh for a bit longer
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Swansea recycling fines on 10:57 - Feb 26 with 5426 viewscostalotta

Collections within a few years will most likely be a paid service for those not not on benefits. It’s been heading that way for a few years now and doing slowly no one will notice.

Family of 4 here and we managed fine to be honest but the first recycling under the new system we’d filled the plastics sack within a week. To make things better / easier we’ve now got a system here at home where we compress soft plastics and put inside a plastic container or similar. Its surprising how much soft plastic you can get inside a tied plastic bread bag for example.
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Swansea recycling fines on 11:03 - Feb 26 with 5417 viewsJack123

Swansea recycling fines on 10:43 - Feb 26 by controversial_jack

Three in this household - most of the time, and my plastics container is literally full every week - as most items come in plastic We don't have a compost heap, because we only have a lawn and patio.The food container is full in no time. Do a cooked dinner; with the veg and potato peelings, a chicken carcass and the thing is full, it's totally inadequate


I don't think there is a limit on the food bins, we have used two for quite some time.

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Swansea recycling fines on 11:07 - Feb 26 with 5408 viewsunion_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 11:03 - Feb 26 by Jack123

I don't think there is a limit on the food bins, we have used two for quite some time.


No limit on any bins except black bags.

You can easily get all non-recyclable rubbish into three bags fortnightly if you recycle correctly.

It can be a chore certainly compared to how it used to be but that’s how it is today. They used to come around the back of my gran’s house, take a metal bin full of everything and ash, tip it on the lorry and bring it all the way back. Those were the days eh?

I will say though, that for the amount we pay in Council Tax, we are asked to do more than what we should do but that is the fault of WG not the council who are given less and asked to do more year on year.

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Swansea recycling fines on 11:50 - Feb 26 with 5368 viewscontroversial_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 10:50 - Feb 26 by LeonWasGod

Er, take it to the one that does. But it's further away and it requires more effort.


Er, they will all go the same way in time
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Swansea recycling fines on 11:52 - Feb 26 with 5365 viewscontroversial_jack

Swansea recycling fines on 11:07 - Feb 26 by union_jack

No limit on any bins except black bags.

You can easily get all non-recyclable rubbish into three bags fortnightly if you recycle correctly.

It can be a chore certainly compared to how it used to be but that’s how it is today. They used to come around the back of my gran’s house, take a metal bin full of everything and ash, tip it on the lorry and bring it all the way back. Those were the days eh?

I will say though, that for the amount we pay in Council Tax, we are asked to do more than what we should do but that is the fault of WG not the council who are given less and asked to do more year on year.


They don't allow black bags in many places
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Swansea recycling fines on 11:56 - Feb 26 with 5357 viewsoh_tommy_tommy

Swansea recycling fines on 08:48 - Feb 26 by raynor94

Take a family of four, if they recycle properly, 3 bags are more than sufficient, what are people actually putting in black bags?


Yep
4 of us and never more than 3 black bags
2 sometimes .

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