'CLOSED LID' POLICY IN SPOTLIGHT BUT COUNCIL SAYS THIS ONE WAS SIMPLY MISSED

A FURIOUS homeowner has slammed waste collectors for failing to empty his bin “because the lid was slightly open.”

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

A bin left out by Llandudno resident Mark Welsh went uncollected - he believes that's because it was left slightly ajar against the council's closed lid policy

(MARK WELSH)

Mark Welsh claimed the bin was left untouched because its lid was slightly ajar by “one or two inches” - despite containing four weeks of household rubbish.

He said his bin was one of two in his Llandudno street that went uncollected last week - all others were emptied. Subsequent attempts to rearrange collection have so far drawn a blank, he claimed.

“I pay over £3,000 a year in council tax,’ he fumed. “We now have to wait another month for the next collection. Makes my blood boil - it's petty and pathetic.”

Conwy Council has a “Closed Lid Policy” - collection crews won't collect wheelie bins that are overflowing and the lid cannot fully close. Neither will they take bags or items left next to wheelie bins.

The authority said some collections were missed last Thursday because of problems with its refuse vehicle. Mark stressed that all other bins on his street were collected apart from two with lids not fully closed.