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The monthly recycling rate for quarter two (July – September 2014) including Household
Waste & Recycling Centres, Community Recycling Sites and kerbside collections are as
follows:
Month
July 2014
August 2014
September 2014
Statutory target
Current Month
51.97%
51.04%
53.94%
Cumulative total for 2014/15
(to date)
53.55%
52.91%
53.44%
52.00%
Quarter three performance (October - December 2014) will be reported in the next update.

It has taken longer than anticipated to implement the kerbside recycling service and new
kerbside recycling vehicles to the entire county.
Many of the tasks that must be undertaken to complete the rollout are in depth and
complicated making it difficult to predict definitive dates for completion. There has also
been a significant delay with the delivery of the resource recovery vehicles (RRV’s) (new
recycling vehicles) at the beginning of 2014, with a four month slippage on the delivery of
the first trial vehicle.
Detailed rollout plans are now in place, with a completion for the rollout by the end of
March 2015. All vehicles will be received by end of November and the round redesign and
rollout of these vehicles is well underway across the county. To date, 11 RRV’s are in
operation in Brecon Town, Hay on Wye, Crickhowell, Llandrindod Wells, Welshpool,
Ystradgynlais, Presteigne, Llangammarch Wells and Builth Wells as well as some more rural
areas and smaller villages in the vicinities of these towns.
Dates have been confirmed for the following areas to go operational:
o
o
o
o
Newtown Town – 10 November 2014
Brecon Rural – 17 November 2014
Rhayader – 1 December 2014
Newtown South – 8 December 2014
o Machynlleth – 15th December 2014
o Knighton – 19 January 2015
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The new RRV’s enable us to collect all the domestic recycling boxes in a particular area,
unlike the two vehicles required at present. This will provide substantial savings as well as
freeing up crew time which will enable us to start expanding our recycling collections across
the rest of Powys.
To allow for the introduction of these new recycling vehicles, the routes are being revised to
make them as efficient and effective as possible. This has resulted in some changes to
collection days in some areas. Leaflets will be delivered to inform residents of these
changes.
Householders are being reminded that due to the changes their collection times may vary
and therefore should ensure that their recycling and rubbish is put out by 7.30am on their
collection day. Crews are unable to return for any waste that has been put out late.
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The new recycling scheme will be rolled out to the rural areas in Brecon from the week
beginning 17 November. Affected residents will receive the boxes the week before, along
with a flyer explaining the changes and full details of the new scheme. In some cases there
is a need to change the current collection day:
Monday:
A470 from south Libanus village to A4215, A4215 from A470 to 40mph Defynnog, A40 far
side of Llanspyddid to Abercar farm Sennybridge (on A4067 junction), C0207 back road
Forrest Lodge to Heol Senni, Heol Senni village, C0207 as far as junction with U0340
Defynnog, C0207 Blaen-Camlais to Libanus, C0051 turn before old railway bridge, C0050 to
include Trallong village, Aberbran village, C0053 Aberbran to A40, C0050 Aberysgair village,
Pont-ar-Yscir village through to Cradoc village, C0038 Cradoc to Battle village (as far as Battle
End Farm), C0050 up to Penoyre House, C0050 through to the B4520
Tuesday:
B4520 Brecon town to Upper Chapel as far as Llwyn-Rhidyll (including Pwllgloyw, Lower
Chapel, Llandefaelog villages), U0233 Sarnau village loop, B4519 up as far as Gryn-Allt turn,
C00387 Upper Chapel village to Merthyr Cynog village, U0240 as far as Llwyn-y-Celyn, C0038
Pont Rhydyberry, Pont Faen village (as far as Battle End junction), C0038 as far as Merthyr
Cynog, U0847 Cradoc speed limit to Brecon speed limit, from the junction off C0050 take
C0036 Pentre-Felin village, Pentre Bach village and Llandeilo’r Fan village, C0036 Llanfihangel
Nant Bran village back to the C0050
Wednesday:
U0536 Abercynation to Aber village, to junction with the B4558 (Cross Oak), B4558 up to and
including Pencelli village, U0539 Pencelli to Llanfrynach village, Llanfrynach village, C0154 up
as far as Maesderwen, B4558 Llanfrynach to junction off B4558, C0156 Llyncellyn loop,
C0155 A470 straight through to Croftau, U0563 to the U0564 down to the C0156, B4558
Glan Usk lock bridge down to Pencelli, A40 Glan Usk lock bridge, Llanhamlach village,
Scethrog village, Llansanfraid village as far as Glannant, lane down to Buckland Hall, C0107
up to junction U0526 down to Llangasty Tal-y-Llyn, C0107 Pennorth village, U0653 Talyllyn
village up to junction of C0096, U0529 Scethrog to the C0107, C0107 Pennorth to
Llanhamlech
Thursday:
A470 as far as Felin-Newydd village, C0089 Felin-Newydd to Cwm Gwilym, U0201 Werntoe,
Talachddu loop to Trawscoed, U0204 Trawscoed to Llandefalle village, U0189 as far as
forestry, Llandefalle village to A470, U0215 to the C0057, Garthbrengy loop C0064, C0065
(including lane to Funglas), U0028 back to the C0065, current Brecon Thursday round
A470 junction across the C0089 (including Llanfilo village, Tredomen village), C0091 out to
the A470, Tredomen C0089 to Llandefaelog village to Henley Hall, U0180 to the C0099 to the
junction of the C0096 including Llanywern village, C0099 Waun-y-Mynach common, C0092
across to A470, A470 back to common, plus current Brecon routes

We would like to remind you that as part of the review of our current collection routes a
number of private lanes/roads have been considered to be unsuitable due to the condition
and/or the limited number of households. Letters will be sent out to affected households
informing them of this change and also that their waste collections will be made on the
council road verge at the end of the lane.

Eight new replacement Council owned 26 tonne refuse collection vehicles (RCV’s) have been
delivered between May and August, with four 16 tonne RCV’s due to be delivered in
October.
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The satellite (rural) runs in Welshpool, Brecon, Llanfyllin, Radnor and Newtown will be
undertaken by five ‘narrow access’ vehicles that will be put into operation between January
and March 2015 to serve these areas, dates are still unconfirmed. This will then complete
the introduction of the new scheme to the entire county.
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We would also like to remind you that due to the increasing budgetary pressures facing the
council, the Trade Recycling and Waste Service is introducing charges to holiday let owners,
guesthouses, residential homes, campsites or any property used for providing self-catering
accommodation.
Whilst the provision for charging for collection was referred to in the Controlled Waste
Regulations (1992), any ambiguity was removed by the Controlled Waste Regulations (2012)
which expressly classified this waste as commercial.
The new regulations mean that a recycling and waste collection service can still be provided,
but this will incur a charge to recover the substantial costs of landfill and processing.
The Trade Recycling and Waste Team are happy to discuss any queries and options available
to those affected by these regulations and can be contacted on 0845 602 7035 or email
trade.recycling@powys.gov.uk.
I’d be grateful if you could please pass this information onto your colleagues.
Kind regards
Mel
Melanie Amor
Swyddog Cyfarthrebu a Marchnata (Gwastraff)
Communications and Marketing Officer (Waste)
Cyngor Sir Powys / Powys County Council
Ffon / Phone: 01597 826937
www.powys.gov.uk/recycle
www.facebook.com/recycleforpowys