Wrexham residents have until 22 October to shape waste collections

Wrexham residents can comment on the future of waste and recycling services until Thursday 22 October, as the council develops its next waste strategy. The consultation opened on 8 October and is available through the council’s Your Voice website. One of the changes under consideration is free garden waste collection from 1 April 2027. That remains subject to approval: the announcement does not mean the charge has already been removed.

What changes are being considered

The council’s improvement programme includes cheaper bulky-waste collections, larger weighted sacks for paper and cardboard, and collecting more materials at the kerbside, including household batteries. It also lists fortnightly garden-waste collections throughout the year, except over Christmas and New Year, and collections on bank holidays. Replacement vehicles, route-management technology, extra food-waste containers and collection of cartons such as Tetra-Pak are part of the wider programme. The council describes these measures as being introduced or developed. It has not presented every item as already available, nor given a new bulky-waste price in this consultation announcement.

Recycling has risen, but remains below target

The council reports that household recycling rose from 60.6% in 2023/24 to 65.1% in 2024/25. That is an increase of 4.5 percentage points. The latest rate remains 4.9 percentage points below Wales’ statutory 70% target. Those figures explain why the strategy is looking beyond collection reliability to how residents can recycle more. They do not measure satisfaction with individual routes or prove that any one planned change caused the increase.

How to have your say

Use the official Your Voice consultation linked below to give feedback before 22 October. The council says responses will be considered as it finalises the strategy. The consultation page also lists local events, including Ruabon Library on 14 October and Tŷ Pawb on 21 October. Check the current page for times and any registration requirements. The page title and downloadable document filenames use different strategy-year ranges, so this report does not treat either range as a confirmed adopted plan.