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Denbighshire residents forced to sort their recycling into 12 bins are called 'lazy' for complaining about the 'full-time job'

Wheelie bins like those being issued to roughly 4,500 Denbighshire homes, where residents must separately sort soft plastics such as crisp packets, chocolate wrappers and ready meal tops.
Wheelie bins like those being issued to roughly 4,500 Denbighshire homes, where residents must separately sort soft plastics such as crisp packets, chocolate wrappers and ready meal tops.

Denbighshire County Council is piloting a 12-bin recycling scheme across roughly 4,500 homes, requiring residents to sort soft plastics — crisp packets, chocolate wrappers and ready meal tops among them — into a separate dedicated bin. The trial has provoked fury locally, with participants likening the sorting workload to a full-time job, while the council has branded those who object 'lazy'.

Denbighshire, in north Wales, is among the first councils in the UK to introduce kerbside separation of soft plastics.

Participating households say the sheer number of containers — 12 in total — leaves them with almost no usable outdoor space near their front doors.

The council has defended the scheme, saying it reduces the volume of waste going to landfill, though critics argue the burden has simply been shifted onto individual householders.

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