The warning was issued as the authority launched its ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’ campaign, focusing on those few households that currently recycle very little or nothing at all.
As part of the campaign, residents can ask for a member of the council’s team to visit them in their home, to show them how to sort and recycle their rubbish.
From today (8 August), if any households “ignore the support offered and continue to recycle very little or nothing at all, the council will issue fixed penalty notices.”
This means the resident must pay a fixed penalty of £100 or appear in court.
If you don’t recycle, you need to start now, or you may face a fixed penalty
- Conwy borough council
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Councillor Geoff Stewart, cabinet member for neighbourhood and the environment, said: “If you don’t recycle, you need to start now, or you may face a fixed penalty. The majority of residents do recycle their rubbish, but now it’s time that everyone takes part.
“We’ve made recycling easy. There are weekly collections from right outside the door for many items. It really doesn’t take much time or effort to sort your items into the correct bags, bins and boxes. For most people in Conwy it’s already part of their routine
“No-one wishes to take enforcement action, but it’s unfair on the whole community if a few households continue not to recycle, if everyone else is. Don’t worry though, as this will only affect those households who don’t make the effort to recycle much or at all.
“Our objective is that everyone should recycle their waste responsibly. Those that don’t already should join their neighbours in doing this for their community. Remember to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’!”
Recycling
Conwy recorded a 70% recycling rate in 2021/22, according to the Welsh government.
In its current waste strategy ‘Beyond Recycling’ (2021), the Welsh government set statutory targets of recycling a minimum of 64% of waste by 2019-20, and 70%of waste by 2024-25.
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