Phil Jones, the man behind the on-going campaign to see Llangollen people secure easier access to recycling facilities has given his latest update on the situation:
"Will we get access to a proper recycling
facility in 2022?
You may have seen that there are changes coming to
recycling services in that charges will be applied from April 1st.
and the details have been covered in previous posts. Here’s a link: https://walesnewsonline.com/residents-charged-for-disposing-diy-household-waste/
When these charges were announced we also heard that a new contract for waste services had been awarded jointly with Conwy CBC.
We were told that efficiency savings would result, but that the service would not cover the Dee Valley.
I wrote to DCC’s lead member for waste asking him to task officers to look again at how the income stream coming from new charges would affect their original assessment that access to the Plas Madoc facility was ‘unaffordable’.
I was informed that my request had been passed to our County Councillors. I have received no acknowledgement from them and as neither of them ever supported our campaign.
Clearly no progress can be expected on this issue until after the elections on May 5, but this is your opportunity to make sure that whoever you vote for is willing and able to represent your wishes for access to the existing Plas Madoc recycling facility.
In a time when our 22 county councils in Wales are supposed to be working collaboratively, pooling expertise and assets it is a nonsense that we cannot access a ready made facility in the Dee Valley, but we are expected to drive 30 miles and pay for the privilege of disposing of our waste."
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