{"id":22243,"date":"2014-10-27T12:25:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=22243"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:43:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:43:23","slug":"voxpop-recycling-targets-affect-waste-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/voxpop-recycling-targets-affect-waste-collection","title":{"rendered":"Voxpop: Recycling targets affect waste collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_22436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 449px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4775474840_be60ca3a23_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22436 \" alt=\"\u00a9Walt Jabsco, Will monthly collection resolve the black bin problem?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4775474840_be60ca3a23_o-449x312.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Walt Jabsco, Will monthly collection resolve the black bin problem?<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cardiff\u2019s disappointing recycling figures have led local councils to propose various waste collection reforms in a bid to avoid European Union imposed fines.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The capital\u2019s recycling rate has fallen below national average, dropping to 50% &#8211; a 2% decline since 2011\/12 . The Welsh government has set the 2016 recycling target at 58%. If the target is unmet, Cardiff council could face up to \u00a321m in fines under European legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Local councils have been struggling to find solutions to meet the recycling targets amid continuing austerity. Proposed changes to the Cardiff\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.gov.uk\/ENG\/Your-Council\/Strategies-plans-and-policies\/Documents\/Waste%20Management%20Strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Waste Management Strategy<\/a> have included pushing black bin bag collection from fortnightly to monthly, smaller wheelie bins, and a separation of glass from paper recyclables. The proposals have sparked debate among politicians and residents alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff residents respond to proposed measures to boost recycling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,55],"tags":[3787,309,219,2874,3786],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Voxpop: Recycling targets affect waste collection - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/voxpop-recycling-targets-affect-waste-collection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Voxpop: Recycling targets affect waste collection - 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