Paul Murphy,<\/a> founder and chairman of the Pride in Pill (PIP) charity, echoed Mr Rice\u2019s frustrations.\n<\/p>\n\n Mr Murphy said: “Many people are not recycling properly, and those who do recycle are finding that the recycling bags are too small.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The bags often overflow, do not close properly, and rubbish is blown out by the wind.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Birds and dogs also tear into the bags, spreading litter across the streets.\n<\/p>\n
\n “As a result, many streets across Newport look untidy because bins and recycling bags are overflowing.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Residents’ green bins are often left overflowing, with black bags piled on top.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Murphy believes that restoring weekly black bag collections would help address the problem.\n<\/p>\n
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Rubbish scattered across the street, with overflowing bins and loose waste highlighting growing concerns about litter. (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “Bringing back weekly black bag collections would help reduce overflowing rubbish, keep the streets cleaner, discourage pests, and make Newport a much cleaner and more pleasant place for everyone.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The PIP charity has organised years of community clean-ups across Newport, removing hazardous waste, discarded needles, and supporting homeless people with meals and other assistance.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Murphy has been involved in litter picking and community work for 12 years.\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “The problem is in Newport is your recycling boxes and your bins are too small, they’re not getting them on a regular basis.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Like I said if you’ve got a family of four or three then boxes could be filled up within a day.\n<\/p>\n
\n “You go down every street, you’ve got rubbish everywhere, you’ve got bins overflowing with black bags on top and the council will only take one or two black bags.\n<\/p>\n
\n “That’s why you’ve got a lot of rats and mice running around.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Like I say your coast tax is going up and your services are getting less and less and less.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Well I say rubbish need to be picked up on a weekly basis.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Let’s go back to a weekly basis or get bigger bins.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Rice and Mr Murphy both believe that without urgent action to improve collections and bin capacity, volunteers will continue to fight a losing battle against rising waste.\n<\/p>\n
\n Newport Council was contacted for comment on the decision to reduce bin sizes.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0A spokesperson said: \u201cWe reduced the size of household non-recyclable waste bins in 2019 and this has helped our recycling rate grow to record levels.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cFly-tipping is a crime, no matter how big or small the incident. We are committed to stamping it out and will take action against anyone we find breaking the law.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAlthough we are doing everything we can, there is also an onus on people taking pride in their area, by doing the right thing and disposing of their waste correctly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cUltimately, it is people who are fly tipping, not the council, and the responsibility lies with them not to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community volunteers and anti-litter campaigners have raised concerns about the state of the city\u2019s streets, warning that smaller…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687707","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\/687707","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=687707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}