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Wales's first three-weekly black bag collections are introduced Three-week black bin collection plan in Welsh council
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Gwynedd council has become the first in Wales to introduce three-weekly collections for black bag household rubbish. Three-weekly collections for black bag rubbish have been approved by the first Welsh council.
The council currently collects rubbish fortnightly, but the cabinet approved the changes at a meeting on Tuesday. The new system approved by Gwynedd council will start in certain areas in October.
The new system will start in the Dwyfor area in October, followed by Meirionnydd and Arfon in 2015.
The council said its weekly kerbside recycling and food collection services justified the three-week system.The council said its weekly kerbside recycling and food collection services justified the three-week system.
Gwynedd is thought to be the second council in the UK to introduce collections every three weeks, after Falkirk in Scotland. Gwynedd is thought to be the second council in the UK to introduce household rubbish collections every three weeks, after Falkirk in Scotland.
The Local Government Association said it was not aware of any other council in England and Wales introducing three-weekly collections. The council currently collects rubbish fortnightly.
The collections will change in the Dwyfor area in October, followed by Meirionnydd and Arfon in 2015.
Doretta Cocks, who runs the Campaign for Weekly Waste Collections, said: "It's absolutely ridiculous. I feel so sorry for the residents affected.
"Can you imagine what it will be like over the summer months? It's bad enough with fortnightly collections. The bins will be full of maggots."
Ms Cocks, who says she has 30,000 members across the UK, said she thought the move to introduce three-weekly collections in October was "deliberate" to avoid the potential of an immediate backlash over the summer months.
She added: "Other councils will certainly try and follow this. It'll be monthly collections next."