The plans were initially approved during the budget meeting earlier this year and aim to increase recycling rates across the local authority as much as possible.
Three weekly bin collections are set to be introduced in West Dunbartonshire in a bid to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill.
Council services are currently responsible for 47% of the local authority's overall carbon footprint, and the strategy demonstrates a plan of action to reduce the impact of climate change and meet the Scottish Government's target of zero waste being sent to landfill by 2025. “There has also been an increase in flytipping, bin bags being left next to public litter bins that get ripped open by wildlife. We have a significant problem here with a large seagull population. Has consideration been given to increasing capacity within the team to dealing with the increased flytipping.”
It read: “The committee is concerned about the impact this will have on flytipping, general cleanliness and litter pollution in residential areas due to overflowing household wastebins would constitute not only a nuisance for our citizens but public health risk.
But council leader Martin Rooney said the waste strategy wasn’t all about the three weekly collections - but responding to legislative requirements and the Scottish Government requirements to help tackle climate change.
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