Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Recycling Lorry. Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth.

Waste collection arrangements for all households in Cardiff will change on 12 September 2011. The collection day will also change for many people.

For later collection days please consult the calendar in the centre of the recycling and waste collection booklet delivered by the council or visit the Cardiff Council website.

Adamsdown - Thursdays

The start of the new collections are -

Black bin/Black bag dates: 22 Sept, 6 Oct
Green bin/Bio-bag dates: 15 Sept, 29 Sept

Butetown - Tuesdays

A doorstep recycling scheme in operation Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Instead of sending waste to landfill or for incineration we should recycle or compost it.

Friends of the Earth believes that councils should adopt Zero Waste policies as a goal to be achieved within 25 years. Zero waste means we should:

Say no to Plastic Bags!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Throwing things away is a waste of the resources and energy that have been used to make the product.

If we reduce, reuse and recycle instead of throwing things away, fewer new materials need to be quarried, mined or grown to make new things.

Garden waste can be composted reducing your waste by up to 40 percent.

Group members cleaning up Ogmore beach

James Maiden from Cardiff Friends of the Earth handing Chair of the Environmental Scrutiny Committee, Simon Wakefield, a Message in a Bottle Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth