PEMBROKESHIRE County Council is to consider stopping its annual supply of black bin bags to households.

The agenda for the meeting of cabinet next Monday details the plan which, it says, will save £83,000 a year.

Currently the council provides a roll of 52 black rubbish bags to each home.

In 2013 the size and quality of the bags were reduced, saving £130,000.

The report before cabinet members states that reducing the size or quality of the bags further would mean "they would no longer be fit for purpose."

It was therefore proposed to cease supplying black bags from 2016.

The report adds: "It is not a statutory duty to provide these bags and indeed other local Authorities including Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire do not supply them to their residents."

The report acknowledges that county residents may use orange recycling bags "incorrectly to avoid having to buy their own black bags" and there was a potential cost in contamination of recycling.

The council said that would be monitored and responded to if necessary.

The report added it was expected that residents who do not currently recycle "would be encouraged to do so to make use of the free orange bags and to minimise the amount of black bags they need to buy."

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