As part of its new strategy, the council will be looking to trial kerbside collections of “additional items” such as film, drinks cartons and textiles that usually end up in black bags.
This comes in response to the Welsh Government having suggested that it wants to have a recycling rate of 100% by 2050.
Its current targets are to meet a recycling rate of 70% by 2025.
Targets
Cyril Anderson, cabinet member for community, said: “Residents in Swansea have helped make the city one of the best performing recyclers in Wales. We are meeting ongoing recycling targets set nationally.
“Our aim now is to consider the future and how we can provide services that encourage residents to recycle more of their household waste and keep materials out of their black bag waste.
“We now recycle a large list of items at the kerb and materials such as plastic film and drinks cartons could soon be joining that list.”
Councillor Anderson added: “Stopping the use of single use green plastic bags for the collection of glass tin and paper is a priority for us. The public already understand the environmental concerns of single use plastic and we have moved away from that with kerbside plastic collections.
“Hopefully, we can roll out the collection scheme later this year and also benefit from the continued costs of buying single use green sacks.”
Trial
The council has previously trialled the use of reusable containers for the kerbside collection of glass, tin, paper and cardboard in St Thomas and Port Tennant.
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