A public consultation is beng planned on Cyngor Gwynedd's new five-year recycling strategy.

Cabinet members will discuss a report next Tuesday on a draft strategy to improve recycling rates, reduce the environmental impact and upgrade local waste services.

Cllr Craig ab Iago, cabinet member for environment, said: "While the climate crisis is a global challenge, the solutions start locally and there is a real opportunity for us to make a difference at the county and national level in the area of waste and recycling."

"Our aim is to continue to cut the residual waste that is created and collected here in Gwynedd, and to support any opportunity for reuse and recycling."

"Since Cyngor Gwynedd introduced recycling and food waste services, we have seen significant improvements in the percentage of recycling in Gwynedd, but it is clear that we must continue to modernise our arrangements in order to see further improvements."

"As a society, we need to change our mindset and see waste as a resource, by repairing and reusing materials before considering recycling and throwing them away, in order to create a sustainable circular economy here in Gwynedd."

"The draft waste and recycling strategy sets out the steps we have planned for the five years to help us improve recycling levels, and also sets the stage for our long-term ambition of being able to process our waste and recycling here in Gwynedd."

"If the cabinet supports the report, we will be carrying out a public consultation shortly and we will be keen to hear the views of the people of Gwynedd on our vision for the period up to 2030."

The consultation is expected to start in the coming weeks if the council's cabinet supports the proposals.

A final version of the strategy, running up to 2030, is expected to be adopted later this year.