ALL waste put out for recycling by householders is being recycled, says a county council.

The pledge from Denbighshire County Council comes after a resident of the Horseshoe Pass, near Llangollen said he had grave doubts of the process.
 

The man, who does not wish to be named, said: “Since last year in Denbighshire we have been asked to separate our rubbish for recycling, putting cans, plastic and glass into white plastic sacks and paper and cardboard into blues ones.
 

“I am not usually at home when the waste is collected but I recently had a day off and saw the team call at my home.
 

“The men picked up both the white and the blue sacks and threw them into the back of what appeared to be a crusher.
 

“The two types of waste are supposed to be kept separate for easier recycling but if they are crushed together how can this be done?”
 

He added: “A number of people I know around here have been wondering the same sort of thing.
 

“The rumour is that the waste isn’t recycled at all and is all thrown on to the same tip.
 

“If that is the case why do we bother going to the trouble of keeping it all apart?
 

“We could then take it to the recycling points ourselves like we used to do.”
 

A county council spokesman said: “We can assure the resident in question that the white and blue bags that are collected from his property are placed in the refuse lorry and then taken to a plant in Birmingham for recycling.
 

“That lorry is specifically arranged to collect recyclable goods. The pink refuse bags for rubbish are placed on another lorry and taken to landfill.”