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A new scheme for the collection of garden waste has been given the go ahead by the council’s Executive Board. It will replace the current collection scheme of garden waste bags, which will stop at the end of October. Under the new scheme, residents will be provided with a 240 litre wheeled bin and garden waste will be collected fortnightly between March/April and October. Householders can request a smaller bin of 140 litres if they wish. It will cost £48 a year and residents can choose to pay by direct debit with payments spread over six months (April to September); or if they choose to pay in full they will receive a 15 per cent discount reducing the cost to £40.80. The council is taking delivery of a new fleet of refuse vehicles which come into operation from October 31 and they will not be able to collect garden waste. Currently, garden waste is collected with the food waste in the rear of the vehicles; however, the new vehicles will have a separate pod for food waste only. Loc...

A new fleet of refuse collection vehicles will soon be hitting the streets of Carmarthenshire. The council has taken delivery of 28 new lorries; costing around £4million, including 18 26 tonne Mercedes-Benz and 10 15 tonne DAF trucks with NTM bodies. The vehicles will provide a more efficient service to residents and help to increase the county’s recycling rate. They have a separate compartment to keep food waste separate from blue / black bags. The vehicles were officially handed over at Llanelli’s Festival Fields with a very special guest, Welsh rugby legend Sir Gareth Edwards CBE. Sir Gareth, a director with Euro Commercials (South Wales) Ltd, said: “Having come from West Wales it’s great to see such investment in the serious logistics of waste. The council is really demonstrating the ability to deliver a first class waste management programme, with some of the latest cutting-edge technology and innovation from Mercedes Benz trucks.” Euro Commercials truck sales manager Nathan Bla...

A new fleet of refuse collection vehicles will be delivered in the autumn. Costing approximately £4million, the fleet of 28 vehicles will provide a more efficient service to the public and help the council to achieve its recycling targets. The majority of the vehicles will have a separate pod at the front to keep food waste separate from blue/black bags. The delivery of the new vehicles will result in some changes to the refuse collection routes across the county. However, households affected by any changes will be notified directly nearer the time. Director of Environment Ruth Mullen said: “The new vehicles, together with the introduction of new collection routes, will result in a much more efficient service. As we introduce these changes we will do our best to keep disruption to residents to a minimum, leading to an improved service moving forward. “We are currently recycling around 60% of our rubbish and the new vehicles will help us to achieve the national recycling target of 70%...