\n A council post read: \u201cThere have been multiple incidents over the last few months on Chapel Street in Pontnewydd where waste, including black bags have been fly-tipped at the roadside.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOne of these incidents comprising of 5 black bags of domestic waste occurred at approximately 2:50am on the 22nd September.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n This triggered a strong response from locals, who were quick to speak out.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fly tipped rubbish in the Pontnewydd area of Cwmbran(Image: Torfaen Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Denny Jacko Jackson said: \u201cSince the introduction of smaller purple lidded bins it was only a matter of time before more people fly tipped.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0\u201cWhere are they supposed to put their black bags when the bins are full and now your introducing fines?\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Luke Simmonds posted: \u201cYou made our bins smaller, now you have a fly tipping problem. Shock horror.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Annette Pattemore put: \u201cIt would be better if we had large recycling bins, Caerphilly council uses one bin for all recycling freeing up the smaller black bin, hence less rubbish and fly tipping.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Fly tipped rubbish in the Pontnewydd area of Cwmbran(Image: Torfaen Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n Torfaen Council were contacted for comment regarding the smaller bins.\n<\/p>\n
\n Daniel Morelli, Head of Public Protection and Environment, said: \u201cWe take fly-tipping very seriously and are committed to maintaining clean and safe environments for our communities.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere is never an excuse for fly-tipping.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe provide a regular waste and recycling collection service, a trade waste service and arrangements for the collection of bulky waste items.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cTo help us tackle fly-tipping more effectively, we encourage residents to report any incidents they witness, with details or descriptions of individuals and\/or vehicles involved. All information provided is treated confidentially and can assist us in taking enforcement action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in Cwmbran believe that fly-tipping has increased because the council has reduced the size of recycling bins.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-183553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}