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| Three-week black bin collection plan in Welsh council | Three-week black bin collection plan in Welsh council |
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| Three-weekly collections for black bag rubbish have been approved by a Welsh council for the first time. | |
| The new system approved by Gwynedd council will start in certain areas in October. | The new system approved by Gwynedd council will start in certain areas in October. |
| 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 household rubbish 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 council currently collects rubbish fortnightly. | The council currently collects rubbish fortnightly. |
| The collections will change in the Dwyfor area in October, followed by Meirionnydd and Arfon in 2015. | 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. | 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." | "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. | 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." | She added: "Other councils will certainly try and follow this. It'll be monthly collections next." |
| A report to Gwynedd council's cabinet committee said reducing the collection service would save about £350,000 annually and reduce landfill waste. |