However, a Denbighshire Labour councillor criticised voters who refused to participate in the recycling drive, calling them “lazy”.
They told The Times: “They’re lazy, they’re lazy, they’re lazy. They are lazy and they cannot be bothered. They probably don’t want to look after the environment and the climate change and blah, blah, blah, alright?
“They are not thinking about their children, they are not thinking about the place they live in. I mean, good grief we had a huge hot summer this year and that’s all to do with climate change, running out of water and whatever.”
The councillor declared that all residents in Wales “need to be recycling more”.
They added: “All these things are contributing to the climate change. I am very good, we recycle everything, you know, eggshells, vegetable peelings, oranges, etc.
“The positives are far less going to go into waste. We want to reduce it and the Welsh government wants to reduce it. Denbighshire has been leading the way.”