Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Waste company Viridor has announced plans to build a massive incinerator in Cardiff Bay to dispose of our rubbish.

If approved, it would:

• be capable of burning three times as much rubbish as Cardiff sends to landfill sites every year
• take waste from across south Wales
• discourage more efforts to increase recycling and composting

Cardiff Friends of the Earth says

The Climate Change Act commits the UK to cut climate change emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. Local councils must take action if we are to hit the target. Local councils in Wales control a budget of £4 billion a year.

Cyclists on North Road, Cardiff

Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Cycling

Cardiff is ideal for cycling. It is relatively flat, and facilities such as shops are fairly close to housing areas. However, in 2004 just 4 per cent of people cycled to work. Cardiff Friends of the Earth wants the Council to take measures to improve cycling.

There are many reasons why you should cycle. These include:

About us

Who are Cardiff Friends of the Earth?

We are a local group of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Friends of the Earth is:

Good advice from concerned young people

Cardiff Climate Change Demonstration

22nd April 2006

To recognise Earth Day, a march was organised by Campaign Against Climate Change. Around 150 people took their concerns climate change on to the streets of Cardiff, marching past shoppers on
Cardiff's busy Queen St.

Thursday April 13th

7.30pm ‘til late The Point, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff Bay CF10 6EB

Climate Change Tour Comes to Cardiff