English: Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. The title of my short debate today is 'The challenges of recycling for businesses and residents in rural Wales.' I'm going to start my contribution by patting the Government on the back and saying what a good job they're doing, then I'm going to bring some cases forward that demonstrate that, if we don't carry on the momentum, things will change. I'm also then going to show a video clip that highlights some of the cases in my own constituency. I'm going to give a minute of my time to Darren Millar, and I should also declare I'm a member of Powys County Council. So, I will begin by noting that the overall picture for Welsh recycling is a positive one. The Welsh Government's current waste strategy, 'Towards Zero Waste', has set a very ambitious target of 70 per cent recycling by 2014-25 as a whole, and Wales's recycling rates are already above the 58 per cent statutory recycling target, which was set in 2015-16. So, 19 out of 22 councils reached or exceeded that target, with the exception of outstanding issues in south-east Wales. The Welsh Government's performance on recycling is largely a record that we in Wales can be proud of. Indeed, the general approach is good, with good, clear targets, proper monitoring and evaluation, so it's a gold-standard approach, I think, from the Welsh Government, and it's something that the rest of Europe can learn from and be adopted. So, there we are. So, a good approach so far. But Wales's record of recycling is also reflective of a change in attitudes as well across society towards recycling, and this bodes well for the future. However, if we are to meet the Welsh Government's 70 per cent target by 2025, it is essential that we keep up the momentum by providing innovative solutions to increase recycling rates whilst reducing the barriers of recycling, and that's what I'm coming on to - the barriers of recycling. So, I'm therefore concerned that local authorities across Wales are curtailing both residential and commercial waste collections, largely as cost-cutting exercises, without providing the facilities to enable residents and businesses to increase their rates of recycling. So, we must ensure that waste management policies, such as the move to three-weekly collections, do not have unintended consequences in terms of increasing environmental crime such as fly-tipping, and ensure that Wales continues to be a European leader in recycling. So, for example, local authorities such as my own in Powys have moved to a three-weekly residual waste collection and, in some respects, are creating unnecessary barriers for residents and businesses when it comes to encouraging recycling. Indeed, I fear that current policies, unless addressed, will have an adverse effect on recycling rates in the county. I would now like to show a short video that illustrates some of the challenges that business owners and residents are currently facing. It's just a couple of minutes, and then I will explore each of the cases. I will now ask for the video to be shown.
Welsh: Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Teitl fy nadl fer heddiw yw 'Her ailgylchu i fusnesau a thrigolion yng Nghymru wledig.' Rwy'n mynd i ddechrau fy nghyfraniad drwy gymeradwyo'r Llywodraeth a dweud gwaith mor dda y maent yn ei wneud, yna rwy'n mynd i gyflwyno rhai achosion sy'n dangos, os nad ydym yn cynnal y momentwm, y bydd pethau'n newid. Wedyn hefyd rwy'n mynd i ddangos clip fideo sy'n tynnu sylw at rai o'r achosion yn fy etholaeth i. Rwy'n mynd i roi munud o fy amser i Darren Millar, a dylwn ddatgan hefyd fy mod yn aelod o Gyngor Sir Powys. Felly, fe ddechreuaf drwy nodi bod y darlun cyffredinol ar gyfer ailgylchu yng Nghymru yn un cadarnhaol. Mae strategaeth wastraff gyfredol Llywodraeth Cymru, 'Tuag at Ddyfodol Diwastraff', wedi gosod targed uchelgeisiol iawn o ailgylchu 70 y cant erbyn 2014-25 yn gyffredinol, ac mae cyfraddau ailgylchu Cymru eisoes yn uwch na'r targed ailgylchu statudol o 58 y cant, a bennwyd yn 2015-16. Felly, mae 19 allan o 22 o gynghorau wedi cyrraedd neu ragori ar y targed hwnnw, ac eithrio materion sy'n dal heb eu datrys yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru. Mae perfformiad Llywodraeth Cymru ar ailgylchu i raddau helaeth yn un y gallwn ni yng Nghymru fod yn falch ohono. Yn wir, mae'r ymagwedd gyffredinol yn dda, gyda thargedau da a chlir, a monitro a gwerthuso priodol, felly mae'n ymagwedd safon aur, rwy'n meddwl, gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac mae'n rhywbeth y gall gweddill Ewrop ddysgu oddi wrtho a'i fabwysiadu. Felly, dyna ni. Felly, agwedd dda hyd yn hyn. Ond mae hanes Cymru o ailgylchu hefyd yn adlewyrchu newid mewn agweddau ar draws y gymdeithas tuag at ailgylchu, ac mae hyn yn argoeli'n dda ar gyfer y dyfodol. Fodd bynnag, os ydym i gyrraedd targed Llywodraeth Cymru o 70 y cant erbyn 2025, mae'n hanfodol ein bod yn cynnal y momentwm drwy ddarparu atebion arloesol i gynyddu cyfraddau ailgylchu gan leihau'r rhwystrau i ailgylchu, ac at hynny rwy'n dod - y rhwystrau i ailgylchu. Felly, rwy'n bryderus fod awdurdodau lleol ar draws Cymru yn cyfyngu ar gasgliadau gwastraff preswyl a masnachol, yn bennaf fel ymarferion torri costau, heb ddarparu'r cyfleusterau i alluogi trigolion a busnesau i gynyddu eu cyfraddau ailgylchu. Felly, mae'n rhaid i ni sicrhau nad yw polisïau rheoli gwastraff, megis symud i gasgliadau tair wythnos, yn arwain at ganlyniadau anfwriadol o ran cynyddu troseddau amgylcheddol megis tipio anghyfreithlon, a sicrhau bod Cymru yn parhau i fod yn arweinydd Ewropeaidd ym maes ailgylchu. Felly, er enghraifft, mae awdurdodau lleol fel fy un i ym Mhowys wedi newid i gasglu gwastraff gweddilliol bob tair wythnos ac mewn rhai ffyrdd, maent yn creu rhwystrau diangen i drigolion a busnesau o ran annog ailgylchu. Yn wir, rwy'n ofni bod polisïau presennol, onid eir i'r afael â hwy, yn effeithio'n andwyol ar gyfraddau ailgylchu yn y sir. Hoffwn yn awr ddangos fideo byr sy'n dangos rhai o'r heriau y mae perchnogion busnes a thrigolion yn eu hwynebu ar hyn o bryd. Ychydig o funudau'n unig ydyw, ac yna byddaf yn archwilio pob un o'r achosion. Gofynnaf yn awr am i'r fideo gael ei ddangos.