English: We in UKIP support today's Conservative motion. We are also concerned at the public health implications of reducing rubbish collections, and we acknowledge a likely connection between reducing collections and seeing a consequent increase in fly-tipping. There has been a drive by councils across Wales in recent years to reduce collections in order to meet Welsh Government recycling targets. We do acknowledge that, statistically, the Welsh Government has performed well in terms of recycling rates, but we would ask: at what cost? Here in Cardiff, there have been several changes to the rubbish collections in recent years. Currently, there is a black bag collection every fortnight and one is limited to how many bags one can put out. However, the reduction, even from a weekly to a fortnightly collection, has been accompanied by fairly sizable anecdotal evidence of increased fly-tipping. This has been a major feature of the letters page in the 'South Wales Echo', and a recurring feature at that, with readers sending in considerable photographic evidence of fly-tipping in their area. This led to the council having to introduce a 'Let's clean up the streets' campaign at the end of last year. So, what does the available factual data reveal about fly-tipping in Cardiff? In 2015-16, Cardiff recorded the largest increase in fly-tipping incidents of any council in Wales. Across Wales as a whole, fly-tipping increased by 14 per cent during this period, when many councils changed their collection policies to comply with recycling targets. Surely this indicates a causal link between reducing rubbish collections and increasing fly-tipping, but both Labour and Plaid Cymru in their amendments today seem to deny this link. This seems to be flying in the face of the evidence.
Welsh: Rydym ni yn UKIP yn cefnogi cynnig y Ceidwadwyr heddiw. Rydym hefyd yn pryderu am y goblygiadau iechyd cyhoeddus sy'n deillio o gyfyngu ar gasgliadau sbwriel, ac rydym yn cydnabod cysylltiad tebygol rhwng cyfyngu ar gasgliadau a gweld cynnydd dilynol mewn tipio anghyfreithlon. Bu ymgyrch gan gynghorau ar draws Cymru dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf i gyfyngu ar gasgliadau er mwyn cyrraedd targedau ailgylchu Llywodraeth Cymru. Rydym yn cydnabod, yn ystadegol, fod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi perfformio'n dda o ran cyfraddau ailgylchu, ond hoffem ofyn: am ba gost? Yma yng Nghaerdydd, cafwyd nifer o newidiadau i'r casgliadau sbwriel yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Ar hyn o bryd, ceir casgliad bag du pob pythefnos a cheir cyfyngiad ar faint o fagiau y gallwch eu rhoi allan. Fodd bynnag, mae'r gostyngiad, hyd yn oed o gasgliad wythnosol i gasgliad pob pythefnos, wedi creu tystiolaeth anecdotaidd go fawr o gynnydd mewn tipio anghyfreithlon. Mae hyn wedi bod yn nodwedd bwysig o'r dudalen lythyrau yn y 'South Wales Echo', ac yn nodwedd fynych ar hynny, gyda darllenwyr yn anfon tystiolaeth ffotograffig sylweddol o dipio anghyfreithlon yn eu hardal. Arweiniodd hyn at y cyngor yn gorfod cyflwyno ymgyrch i lanhau'r strydoedd ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn ddiwethaf. Felly, beth y mae'r data ffeithiol sydd ar gael yn ei ddatgelu am dipio anghyfreithlon yng Nghaerdydd? Yn 2015-16, cofnododd Caerdydd y cynnydd mwyaf mewn achosion o dipio anghyfreithlon o blith holl gynghorau Cymru. Ar draws Cymru gyfan, cynyddodd tipio anghyfreithlon 14 y cant yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, pan newidiodd llawer o gynghorau eu polisïau casglu i gydymffurfio â thargedau ailgylchu. 'Does bosibl nad yw hyn yn dangos cyswllt achosol rhwng cyfyngu ar gasgliadau sbwriel a chynnydd mewn tipio anghyfreithlon, ond mae'r Blaid Lafur a Phlaid Cymru yn eu gwelliannau heddiw i'w gweld yn gwadu'r cysylltiad hwn. Mae'n ymddangos eu bod yn mynd yn groes i'r dystiolaeth.