Massive queues forming at a city's rubbish tip have enraged residents in Newport, weeks after the council rolled out a plan to cut the amount of general rubbish households can put on the kerbside.
In April waist-high wheelie bins were rolled out to residents for their black bags.
The bins - collected fortnightly - are a third smaller than the ones residents previously used - meaning some households have had to radically cut down on their waste.
The result - at least for now - has seen long queues at the dump on a daily basis as people try to deal with a build-up of rubbish that won't be collected.
Flytipping is also said to be a rising problem.
Newport City Council has recognised the issue by revealing plans to open a second household recycling centre.
Before the roll out, Newport boasted a 58% recycling rate - making it one of the best-performing cities in the UK.
Overall, it sounds like a good thing for Newport and the environment and you can see why it's being done.
But that hasn't stopped the negative reaction - with bins deemed too small for fortnightly collections by some residents on social media.
Larger families in particular, with children and pets say they have been overlooked.
Carl Smith, a resident in Newport, was worried about how his family would cope with the new bins - however it's not been as bad as he first thought.
"I've found it considerably easier that I initially thought it would be," said the 30-year-old, who lives in Duffryn with his wife and two children.
"We used to fill our larger bin comfortably, especially having two children in nappies.
"We feared we would fill this new bin with nappies alone within a week.
"We often had to stamp the rubbish down in the old bin to fit an extra bag in if needed.
"But since we realised how much is actually recyclable, including the brown food caddies and the orange bags for nappies, we haven't actually had to put a single bag into the new smaller bin."
According to the council website, bigger bins are available for larger families.
Households of six to seven people may apply for a 180L waste bin; households of more than eight people may apply for a 240L bin.
Families living with children under three years of age and residents using incontinence pads or with similar waste can request an additional collection for hygiene waste.
A council spokesperson previously said: “Recycling rates in Newport have improved dramatically over the last 15 years and now sit at 60%.
“We know Newport is already one of the best performing cities in the UK for recycling, however in order to meet Welsh Government targets of 70 per cent - and to avoid heavy financial penalties - we need to do more.”
Here's what can be recycled in Newport, and which coloured bins they go in:
Another resident, Jan Gray, who lives near Lliswerry in Newport, believes there'll be an adjustment period for people who don't already recycle.
She said: "Reduced bin space is fine for those who already recycle, but for those who don't so much, I think they're going to make a point of not being able to cope with the smaller bins, therefore increasing the problems with rubbish disposal - stealth using neighbours bins, local or smaller scale fly tipping etc."
The 40-year-old added that the rules around recycling can be "confusing".
Jan, whose household consists of two adults and five-year-old child, said: "I had one box of plastic waste refused due to - according to the label - me having put something non-recyclable in it.
"I suspect it was the very obviously rinsed plastic carton that had contained screen wash with antifreeze, that the following week they accepted without any issue."
You can find a full break down of the waste collection here .
The smaller bins aren't the only issue surrounding waste disposal in Newport.
Fly tipping is an issue, which has been going on since before the new bins were rolled out.
Conservative Councillor and leader of the opposition, Matthew Evans, explained that he often goes out with members of the community picking litter.
He said this was usually in the Pill area, but more recently it's been in his own ward, Allt-Yr-Yn, too.
Cllr Evans said: "People shouldn't have to do it. It's good to see people taking community action but I feel like they shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
"It makes my blood boil but its a minority of people who just don't seem to care about the environment they live in and they end up just fly tipping and dumping it in natural woodland, or in and around the city.
On the subject of fly tipping, Newport resident Jan concurred: "There is more residential fly tipping here than anywhere else I've lived, and it's totally just people who can't be bothered to actually get rid of their rubbish responsibly."
The other issue around waste disposal is the tip in Newport. It's a turning off a busy roundabout, which even on a quieter day isn't ideal.
And on busy days the queues have been known to stretch far up the SDR road and Docks Way.
Michael Enea, Newport resident and Conservative campaigner, said: "The situation at Newport tip is absolutely ludicrous.
"We now have much smaller bins for disposal and yet our tip continues to have one of the earliest closing times in Wales by shutting at 4.15pm.
"During the summer months Cardiff Council open their tip until 6pm, the Rhondda until 7.30pm and Wrexham until 8pm.
"We need an urgent change in Newport before there is a serious road traffic accident on the SDR caused by queuing traffic.”
Cllr Evans believes there could be a link between the new bins and the seemingly increased number of people using the tip.
He said: "There definitely seems to be an increase in the number of people using the tip.
"The opening hours of the tip appear to be shorter than anywhere else in Wales and more and more people are making the trips down to the tip, where they wouldn't have had to have done so in the past.
"The queues down there; the complaints I receive from residents who are genuinely good at recycling; I don't think they've thought it through.
"I think the tip situation is a result of the smaller bins coming in - there undoubtedly appears to be an increase of people."
