man has criticised Torfaen council for destroying his wheelie bin.
Russell Burgess from Abersychan believes the council thought he had two household waste bins, so destroyed one. His home CCTV system filmed the moment it was thrown into a bin wagon.
Other residents claim their bins have also been destroyed.
In a statement, Torfaen council said: "Any household putting out more than one bin will have the additional bins removed and recycled."
The CCTV footage shows a council refuse collector throwing Mr Burgess' bin into the back of a refuse lorry.
Mr Burgess claims council managers initially did not believe his version of events, and said he only received a new free bin when he went to the council depot and showed council bosses the footage.
He said: "I was livid, why would anyone do that, why throw it in the back of a wagon?