Denbighshire Council to discuss review of waste and recycling container charges

A debate over a planned review of Waste and Recycling Container charges in Denbighshire will take place on September 3.

Denbighshire Council’s Community Scrutiny Committee will discuss a number of options for consideration and feedback following a notice of motion raised in May this year at Full Council.

Charging for waste containers in Denbighshire has been in place since 201, with the current policy agreed in September 2023 prior to the formal roll out of the new waste model in June 2024.

This was reviewed in late 2025 which led to an approved Lead Member Delegated Decision for the relaxation of the charging policy to allow for those in receipt of School Essentials Grant or Pension Credits to receive one recycling container replacement free of charge per calendar year.

In May, councillors asked for a review of the current arrangements regarding the provision of waste and recycling containers and to give options for alternative methods of providing these items.

A full review of the arrangements and subsequent financial costs regarding different options ranging from improving the current system to introducing universal free provision has now taken place, and further details on this can be found in the papers for the Community Scrutiny Committee online here.

Members of the committee will discuss and make recommendations on a proposed policy revision which includes

• Implementing a free customer exchange process at our HWRCs for blue bags and food caddies only
• Retaining charges for all items if customers require items to be delivered to their door
• Expand the free single item per year for any recycling container to those on the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS). For clarity the trolibox component black boxes are each considered a single item.

Following recommendations from the Community Scrutiny Committee, the Council’s Cabinet will make the final decision on any options in regards to the container charges.

A second paper will also be presented to the Scrutiny Committee for discussion in regards to the performance of the Waste and Recycling Service which can also be found online.