Emily Twinch 30 September 2024

More than £2m needed to sort Welsh recycling scheme

Senior Denbighshire CC members will be asked to plough more than £2m into a recycling scheme that has led to ‘unacceptable' numbers of missed collections.

Since the local authority's Trollibocs system was rolled out three months ago, it has cost more than £640,000 than forecast.

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