We the undersigned call on Monmouthshire County Council to reverse their decision to move to co-mingled recycling and instead extend source separated recycling across the whole county. We believe source separated recycling is the best way to deal with our waste:

• Best for the environment because it preserves the quality and value of the materials collected by keeping them separate and allowing "closed loop" recycling
• Cheaper to run because the materials collected can be sold to reprocessors for a good price
• Better for our communities because it provides twice as many - and higher skilled - local jobs.

As a result, source separated recycling is now recommended by everyone from the Welsh Assembly Government and Defra to WRAP and Friends of the Earth.