Llanelli families take up waste challenge
Two Llanelli families have taken up a council waste challenge to try and slim their bins. Michelle Williams from Nantwern in Llwynhendy and Alam Choudry from Brynelli in Dafen have agreed to keep track of all the rubbish they throw away and how much they recycle. In Carmarthenshire, we send an average of 26,000 tonnes of rubbish to landfill every year - that’s the equivalent weight of 6,500 adult elephants!* Although we are getting better and the county is now recycling 48% of its waste, we still have a long way to go. Carmarthenshire County Council, like all local authorities in Wales, has strict recycling and landfill targets to meet. The Welsh Government’s ‘Towards Zero Waste’ strategy outlines the actions we must all take if we are to reach a 70% recycling rate by 2025 and become a zero waste nation by 2050 and we all have a part to play if we are to avoid fines potentially running into millions of pounds. Michelle, aged 39, is a council housing tenant and lives with her partner an...