Clwyd West AM, Darren Millar has called for a change to bin collection schemes.

In the Senedd last week, Mr Millar called for the law to change the required bin collection scheme to every two weeks.

Conwy county residents have raised concerns with bin pick up services since the introduction of a four-weekly collection late last year.

Despite Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) saying there has been no issue, residents and AM's within the area have been calling for change seeing an increase in complaints and fly-tipping.

Mr Millar urged the minister for housing and local government, Julie James, to listen to the concerns of local residents in the Conwy area and take action “to protect local communities by insisting that local councils collect waste on a more frequent basis”.

He said: “You will have read with some concern the reports last week that local authorities in Wales had received 87,000 complaints in relation to missed refuse collections.

"In my own constituency, of course, we have a four-weekly collection regime where a missed refuse collection means that people can go up to eight weeks without having their waste collected, which is clearly unacceptable. Around 10 per cent of the 87,000 complaints were recorded in Conwy.

“Local authorities in Wales have to abide by Welsh Government rules and what many people in my constituency are asking for is, not only a better reflection within the Local Government Funding Formula to make sure that there’s a fair settlement for Conwy, but also for the Welsh Government to protect local communities by insisting that local councils collect waste on a more frequent basis.

“I would therefore be grateful if you could tell me what you’re doing to look at the Funding Formula to make sure that it’s fair to North Wales and to Conwy in particular, and what work you are doing with your officials to look at the timeliness and the frequency of waste collections in order to protect the public from the potential harms that can come about to the environment and their public health?”

In response, Ms James said: “It’s a matter for local authorities in terms of the frequency of their bin collections” and that “the Welsh Government has always been clear that we do need to build on our recycling record”.