Families throughout Carmarthenshire are being invited to sign up for a free fortnightly nappy collection.

This will enable households to recycle their used nappies instead of putting them out with their normal black bag waste.

The council already provides purple bags for the collection of hygiene waste, and now, from June 27, this service will be extended to include children’s nappies.

The collection service will replace the black bag exemption service for households who have children in nappies, where they are given an additional black bag allowance.

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Not only will this divert this form of waste from landfill, but it will also help increase the council’s recycling rates.

“I’m delighted that this new service is now ready to be delivered to all families in Carmarthenshire,” said cabinet member Edward Thomas.

“Not only will it help reduce the number of black bags which householders are currently putting out for collection, but it gives them a much better solution for nappy waste and stops it going to landfill.”

Nappy recycling is just one of the changes that Carmarthenshire County Council is making to its waste services over the next two years in order to meet Welsh Government’s 70% recycling target by 2025.

“Our residents are constantly telling us they want to recycle more, and there’s still so much more we can do to reduce our black bag wastage,” continued Cllr Thomas.

New recycling additions will include glass collections which will be introduced this autumn, along with weekly blue bag collections. 

In 2024, households will be able to recycle items such as textiles, batteries and small household appliances.

“It’s so encouraging to see people making this recycling effort and continue to do their bit for the environment," added Cllr Thomas.

"It makes a big difference, and the nappy collections and other changes will support residents to recycle even more.”

Parents can now sign up for the new nappy collections on the council website, visit carmarthenshire.gov.wales/recycling and click on hygiene and nappy waste.

Once registered, households will be provided with purple bags and will be allocated a collection day and a calendar.