composting

Waste

Sat 4th Dec 10 — admin

Waste at a landfill site

Waste at a landfill site.

Our throw-away culture is risking people's health and wasting the world's natural resources.

Prioritising recycling and investing in waste reduction would go a long way to solving the waste crisis.

Explore the issues

Reduce reuse and recycle your waste

How to reduce your domestic waste

New waste collection days

Mon 27th Jun 11 — Chris

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

Zero waste policy

Fri 1st Apr 11 — admin

lorry picking up recycling

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:

Composting

Wed 8th Jul 09 — admin

Three compost bins

Compost bins at Centre for Alternative Technology
Photo: Lyndsay Maiden, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Making your own compost is satisfying and good for the garden as well as the environment. Best of all, compost is free. You can make it without spending a penny.

Message in a bottle

Mon 27th Sep 04 — admin

James Maiden, handing Councillor Simon Wakefield a bottle at City Hall

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

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