Minutes

Do you believe that it is right that residents who can afford to can pay to have their bins emptied more regularly? 

Your three weekly waste collections will have a greater impact upon those who do not have the funds to pay for additional collections. Do you deem this to be fair?

How much in additional waste is now going to the landfill site?

How much do the council charge private companies to deposit this household waste?

Do the companies supplying this service require a licence from the council? 

If a licence is required from the council do you believe that it is ethically right that the council is licensing companies to pick up additional waste from those who can afford to pay whilst the poorest and most vulnerable in our communities are left trying to manage three weekly household rubbish collections? 

Research has shown that most household waste is recyclable, and all residents receive a weekly collection of recyclable household waste, alongside a three-weekly garden waste collection.

Support is available from council officers to residents if required to help them recycle as much waste as possible, and in households of five or more members larger bins are available. These can be applied for by residents by calling 01633 656656 or by visiting Excess waste | Newport City Council, if residents require replacement recycling receptacles such as blue or red bags or food waste bags, these can be obtained online here too. Local councillors can also help with this process.

Households with larger outdoor spaces can apply for an additional garden waste bin also.

Thanks to the efforts of people living and working in the city, levels of residual waste collected from households and businesses are falling, with a reduction of 7% in 23/24 compared to the previous year, and I can confirm that no additional waste is being sent to landfill. The council sends residual waste to incineration. 

Any company wishing to provide waste collection services needs to apply to NRW for the required license. This responsibility does not fall on the local authority and residents requesting collections of waste from private waste contractors are advised to check that they are licensed to do so. For more information on spotting a Facebook fly tipper see

Beware of Facebook Fly-tippers! :: Fly-tipping Action Wales (flytippingactionwales.org)

In terms of charges, these were agreed at the full council meeting in February and are publicly available both in the papers for the council meeting to which all council members were invited and online at https://democracy.newport.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=130&MId=8520&LLL=0.

Wales has the second highest recycling rate of any country across the world. Thanks to the efforts of people across the city, provisional figures for the first quarter of this year show that 71% of waste is recycled. This effort helps us to avoid being penalised for not recycling enough while also playing our part in helping to tackle the waste and climate crisis and again, as a  ...  view the full minutes text for item 1.