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8 December 2010
Last updated at 08:35 ET
Stocks of road salt from bins and even the bins themselves have gone missing from roadsides as a warning for supplies to be used sparingly are made.
The yellow bins are placed on roadsides to help residents clear ice and snow off roads which are not gritted.
But there have been reports that bins have disappeared from counties in mid and north Wales.
In Wrexham, there have been reports of pick-up trucks being used to remove salt or the bins.
Denbighshire, Wrexham, Powys and Ceredigion councils claim some entire stocks are being taken out of the bins and used at people's homes.
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Ceredigion council said some of its grit bins had disappeared.
A spokesman said: "Those incidents are being investigated as are reports from the public to Ceredigion's highways contact centre of having witnessed individuals taking salt from roadside grit bins."
In Powys, the council has used half of its entire road salt stock as freezing temperatures continue to grip the UK.
The county's residents have also been asked to be responsible when using roadside grit bins to help conserve stocks where possible.
Councillor Geraint Hopkins, who is responsible for roads, said: "I urge people to use precious resources sparingly and also to be vigilant.
"There have been isolated cases where entire bins and dumps have been taken. We will not be able to replenish supplies until we get additional stock and road conditions improve so its in everyone's interest to use these appropriately."
Thefts of salt have been widely reported in Denbighshire as well.
The local authority said: "As a highway authority we find such actions deplorable as it then severely restricts the ability of law abiding residents to treat areas in their vicinity.
"Denbighshire takes such thefts seriously and would ask the public to report anything that they view to be suspicious so that such activity can be followed up."
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The yellow bins are placed on roadsides to help residents clear ice and snow off roads which are not gritted.
But there have been reports that bins have disappeared from counties in mid and north Wales.
In Wrexham, there have been reports of pick-up trucks being used to remove salt or the bins.
Denbighshire, Wrexham, Powys and Ceredigion councils claim some entire stocks are being taken out of the bins and used at people's homes.
Continue reading the main story “Start Quote
There have been isolated cases where entire bins and dumps have been taken”
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Councillor Geraint Hopkins
Powys council
Ceredigion council said some of its grit bins had disappeared.
A spokesman said: "Those incidents are being investigated as are reports from the public to Ceredigion's highways contact centre of having witnessed individuals taking salt from roadside grit bins."
In Powys, the council has used half of its entire road salt stock as freezing temperatures continue to grip the UK.
The county's residents have also been asked to be responsible when using roadside grit bins to help conserve stocks where possible.
Councillor Geraint Hopkins, who is responsible for roads, said: "I urge people to use precious resources sparingly and also to be vigilant.
"There have been isolated cases where entire bins and dumps have been taken. We will not be able to replenish supplies until we get additional stock and road conditions improve so its in everyone's interest to use these appropriately."
Thefts of salt have been widely reported in Denbighshire as well.
The local authority said: "As a highway authority we find such actions deplorable as it then severely restricts the ability of law abiding residents to treat areas in their vicinity.
"Denbighshire takes such thefts seriously and would ask the public to report anything that they view to be suspicious so that such activity can be followed up."
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