Millar told letsrecycle.com: “Denbighshire residents have had to put up with months of misery with their bin collections, after the council’s shambolic rollout of the new collection regime.
“Locals are making the effort to work with the new system by sorting their recycling for collection so it really is a kick in the teeth to see that sorted waste mixed up again upon collection.
“Many will rightly be left questioning what the point of switching to the new system was in the first place.”
Since 3 June 2024, Denbighshire county council has implemented a series of changes to its waste collection service. Changes included new Trolibocs containers which require the separation of material streams, weekly collections for recycling, and a change to four-weekly residual waste collections.
The Rhyl, Prestatyn and Abergele Journal has reported that over 15,000 complaints have been made since the changes were introduced.
This week in Senedd, Millar said that while the chamber has “quite rightly” celebrated Welsh recycling figures, there are concerns regarding “the very poorly handled” rollout of separate collections.
He continued that it is “a matter of great confusion” for his constituents that they are required to separate the waste – only for it to be “commingled back again” in the back of refuse trucks.
The MS suggested that the new collection system could be costing the council “an extra £50-60K a week”.
Millar added: “Clearly the Welsh government has the ultimate responsibility for making sure that local authorities do a good job. They’ve invested heavily into the scheme in Denbighshire.
“Can we have a written statement from the minister on what involvement the Welsh government is having with Denbighshire to support them in order to get this system to get this system right once and for all.”
The government is yet to respond to Millar’s request for a written statement.
Letsrecycle.com is waiting on comment from Denbighshire county council.
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