6. 6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Bin Collections

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:41 pm on 18 January 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 5:41, 18 January 2017

Thank you, Presiding Officer. So, the lesson of that is never debate the national grid in the National Assembly. [Laughter.]

Let’s get back to the debate and I think the point that I was trying to make was one to emphasise that, in fact, there is no evidence. There might be anecdotal evidence, but there is no actual evidence of a link between different rates of recycling collection, black bags and so forth and any kind of public hygiene problem or any kind of infestation of any sort. The fact is that every local authority in Wales collects compostable rubbish—that’s the food waste that would attract pests—weekly. There’s been no change over the years to the fact that that kind of rubbish is collected weekly. So, there is no evidence, actually—