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9.3.4. The City <strong>and</strong> County of Swansea waste management scheme
Swansea is a coastal city <strong>and</strong> county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county
boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the s<strong>and</strong>y South West Wales coast, the
county area includes the Gower Peninsula <strong>and</strong> the Lliw upl<strong>and</strong>s. Swansea is the
second most populous city in Wales after Cardiff <strong>and</strong> the third most populous
county in Wales after Cardiff <strong>and</strong> Rhondda Cynon Taf. The city covers an area
of 145.9 sq mi (378 km 2 ) <strong>and</strong> has a population within (Unitary Authority area:
228,100) <strong>and</strong> (Urban area within Unitary Authority: 169,880). The density of the
population is approximately 1,556.6/sq mi (601/km 2 ) (Wikipedia.,2010)
Nearly every house in Swansea receives a kerbside collection.
collected depend on where someone lives.
The items
There are green bag collections for glass, paper <strong>and</strong> cans, pink bag collections
for plastics, white (or green) cloth bags for garden waste <strong>and</strong> green bins for
kitchen waste cardboard from the kerbside are also collected, <strong>and</strong> for £15 for
three items the bulk waste can be collected.
A specialist collection for people living in flats also runs. The way the
collection of recycling from flats takes place, is slightly different to how they are
collected from other households. There are three main collection methods from
flats in Swansea:
Recycling banks which are usually found outside high rise tower blocks.
The bank is split into 3 sections, one for paper, one for glass <strong>and</strong> the
other for can.
Picture 48.: Recycling banks