STUDENT areas are being targeted as part of one of the biggest recycling pushes in the UK to reduce end-of-term rubbish.
The Get It Out campaign, now in its fourth year, is designed to encourage the city’s 35,000 students to put their rubbish out on the right day to avoid piles of waste in city streets.
Last year, more than 350 tonnes of waste and recycling was cleared from student houses across Cardiff, mainly in the areas of Cathays, Roath and parts of Gabalfa and Adamsdown.
The latest campaign has seen Cardiff, Uwic and the University of Glamorgan unite to tackle the issue.
Cardiff, Uwic and Glamorgan’s Atrium buildings are operating Green Zone information centres, where students can collect rubbish and recycling bags and information about the campaign.
Jonny Cox, Cardiff University Students’ Union president, said: “The Green Zone in the university has lots of information about the campaign as well as recycling bags and Barnardo’s bags available for students in preparation for the big clear-out weekends. We’re calling on students to put all their rubbish out at the right times, and recycle as much as possible.”
Get it Out for Cardiff, originally organised by the Echo-backed Keep Cardiff Tidy Campaign, has organised extra rubbish collections throughout the rest of the month in the student areas of Cathays and Roath.
For the first time, the children’s charity Barnardo’s will help make sure items like clothes, CDs and books are also recycled.
Lee Cecil, head of the National Landlords Association, said: “We are actively informing tenants through our members of the need to take part and increase their recycling levels this year.”
For information visit www.keepcardifftidy.info
