Monthly bin collections are blighting residents' lives with rats, stenches and fly tipping, residents in conwy Wales have said, despite their local council hailing the scheme as a success.

Conwy council reduced the frequency of general waste collections to monthly back in 2016 and now claims the move has radically boosted recycling to record levels.

Many parts of the UK are now moving towards bin collections every three to four weeks in a bid to cut down on residual waste and increase recycling.

Figures comparing the last three months of 2018 with the same time period in 2017 show that household recycling is up by 11.5 per cent with an extra 363 tonnes recycled, while refuse is down by 457 tonnes, a 12 per cent reduction, the council said.