POWYS County Council’s most senior councillors will visit Machynlleth to discuss concerns about the lack of recycling services in the town.

The news comes after the Cabinet decided last week to scale back some of its earlier cuts to recycling services across the county, which had included reducing the number of days remaining centres open to three days a week.

That decision has now been reversed, so that the centres in Welshpool, Newtown, Llandegley, Brecon and Cwmtwrch will open up to five days a week from 1 September.

But the Cabinet did not reverse a controversial permit scheme which means residents arriving at the centre in larger vehicles are being turned away.

Cllr Michael Williams, who is not a Cabinet member but travelled to the meeting in Llandrindod Wells to speak on the issue of recycling services in Machynlleth, welcomed the U-turn but called on councillors to “return to common sense”.

“First of all, I would like to say I wholeheartedly support the recommendation for extra days to get rid of waste. But I find it obnoxious that trailers are being turned away from sites.

“I don’t think I will be speaking too strongly when I say there is huge anger and frustration in Machynlleth and the Dyfi Valley."

While there was no recommendation for the return of Potters, or the weekend bulky waste collection service to Machynlleth, the leader Cllr Rosemarie Harris agreed to accept Cllr Williams’ invitation for a meeting in the town.

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