00:00Every home in Blyna Gwent has had its black bin bags inspected by the Council as part of a campaign to tackle poor recycling and hit stringent national targets.
00:11The Council revealed this week that over the past eight years, more than 32,000 households have been visited by enforcement officers under its so-called Keeping Up with the Joneses scheme.
00:21The initiative is designed to target residents who fail to properly recycle and to encourage better recycling habits across the borough.
00:29Officials say the process involves removing a black bag of general waste from a property, logging it, and then taking it to a local waste and recycling centre to check whether recyclable materials are being thrown away.
00:41If they find items that should have been recycled, residents can be issued with a legal notice and a £100 fixed penalty fine if they don't comply.
00:50Figures were revealed during a Council Scrutiny Committee meeting where members discussed the Recycling Performance Report.
00:56The Council's recycling rate has risen to nearly 69%, up from 66% the year before, but still below the Welsh Government's 70% targets.
01:05Neighborhood Services Manager Matthew Stent said the aim isn't just punishment, but education, ensuring residents understand how to separate their waste correctly.
01:14However, the scheme has divided opinion locally. Some residents say it's made them more aware of recycling, while others argue it's intrusive and heavy handed.
01:22Despite the criticism, councillors have approved the latest report and say they'll continue to focus on raising recycling rates to meet the national standard.
01:31If successful, Brian Le Gwent could soon be among the Welsh councils achieving one of the highest recycling levels anywhere in the world.
01:38But for now, every bag still counts.
01:41Jenny Peach Watkins, reporting for Local TV.
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01:47knobby initiatives.
01:48We want to leave us with the fishermen.
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01:50We want to keep track of data from the main ram for the green opportunity.
01:51We want to leave the fishermen.
01:52We want to leave the fishermen at our very first home.
01:53We want to leave them to ask the fishermen to give some дорогians just a few years.
01:55A few years later after this presentation, we want to leave a measure of revenue and demand.
01:56We want to have our viewers when they want to leave the fishermen.
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