How recycling changes in Cardiff will affect you

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Welsh Government
recycling target by 2025
2015/16
recycling target
This years
recycling target

LESS
OF THESE

70%
58%
52%

& MORE
OF THESE

To help you do this we are making these changes

In bag areas around the city

Existing black & green bin areas

HOW WE COLLECT NOW

HOW WE COLLECT NOW

240L

Reduce waste

Recycle more

Compost more

Compost more

240L

Reduce waste

Recycle more

Compost more

HOW WE WILL COLLECT IN FUTURE

HOW WE WILL COLLECT IN FUTURE

240L

140L

Each household will

receive Council issued
red-striped bags, twice a
year, for general waste.
No other types of bag will
be collected. You will
receive enough bags to
put out 3 or less per
fortnight.

Green recycling
bags will
continue to be
collected as
normal every
week

140L

Continue using Biobags for garden

your brown
waste will be
kerbside caddy
replaced with
for your
reusable sacks,
food waste
collected as
every week
normal

Around 5,500 households to have a new

140L black bin and reusable garden
sacks - this accommodates properties
that cannot store a 240L green bin

Compost more

Green recycling
Around 90,000
bags will
households with 240L
continue to be
black bins will have
collected as
those exchanged for
normal every
smaller 140L bins,
week
collected every fortnight

240L
140L

Continue using
your brown
kerbside caddy
for your
food waste
every week

Continue to use
your green bins
for garden
waste as
normal

Around 4,500 households

which currently use black bags
will receive a new 140L black bin
and a 240L green garden waste
bin, instead of red-striped bags

Registered larger families will have additional support.

The hygeine collection service will continue.

Detailed information will be delivered to households before the changeover www.cardiff.gov.uk/recyclemore