A MAN from Dyserth has said he and his neighbours are still awaiting their first bin collections since a new county-wide system came into effect earlier this month.

On June 3, Denbighshire County Council introduced changes to recycling and waste collections, including new containers and weekly collections for recyclable materials, and the scrapping of the blue wheelie bin.

But the council has so far issued multiple apologies for residents across the county not having their bins collected on time.

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Tim Harper, of Bryniau, labelled the current state of affairs a “shambles”, with his next collection day due to be June 27.

He said: “We’ve never had a collection yet (under the new system). None of the people on our road have had a collection - nobody at all.

“This will be the third week that we should have had one. I’m bagging my rubbish at home now, because there’s no point leaving it out. The piles are just getting bigger and bigger.

“Every morning, we have to tidy up after animals have been through the bags. The whole thing is a shambles.”

Tim is the owner of Dyserth-based Thorncliffe Building Supplies, and said he has had requests from residents offering to pay for his company to collect their bins.

Since June 3, residents have been required to separate their “dry” recycling using a new three-tier “Trolibocs”.

He added: “Four weeks is too long, especially in weather like this. I think the council needs to go back to how it was before.

“I don’t think we have the infrastructure – the staff and the vehicles are not in place. The drivers are running out of time, because its taking so much longer to take these Trolibocs.”

Another Dyserth resident, George Jones, is a farmer based at Bryn Cnewyllyn Farm.

Though he has had two collections out of three which were planned, he labelled the state of affairs a “mess”.

“Our bins were getting full by the time we had them emptied for the second time,” he said.

“Had it gone on much longer, we’d have had to use old plastic bags.

“I live with just my wife, but if my daughter or grandchildren come here for three or four nights, one Trolibocs wouldn’t be enough.

“We’re doing the sorting for them now (with the Trolibocs). I feel like we’re depriving people of jobs by doing that.”

Denbighshire County Council has been approached for further comment.

Earlier this week, a council spokesperson said: "We again apologise to any households affected by missed collections.

"We understand that this is very inconvenient and upsetting for residents, but we are doing everything we can to catch up.

"The number of missed collections has fluctuated daily depending on the areas that we are collecting.

"We are continuing to closely monitor this situation every day and expect that temporary measures we have put in place will resolve these issues."