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Could you manage if your black bins were collected just once a month?

Parts of Wales could be facing that scenario under new budget cuts announced a council.

Powys Council is looking to introduce a three-weekly rubbish collection later this year - once it considers the results of a public consultation held in August - and plans to cut the service back to four-weekly collections in 2017.

A Machynlleth councillor has criticised the plan warning that residents will dump their rubbish illegally.

In its budget draft proposals, Powys Council said any three-weekly bin collection will be moved to four-weekly in an attempt to save £300,000 a year.

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“If they’re seriously considering monthly collections then I can only see this getting worse,” Michael Williams told the Cambrian News.

“How can they recommend four-weekly collections before three-weekly collections have even been introduced?

“I have been reporting instances of fly-tipping and of course it’s a worry that this will make matters worse.”

A council spokesperson said there were “no easy savings left to be taken”.

Other councils in Wales including Gwynedd and Blaenau Gwent see their black bags collected once every three weeks.