Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

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

Ecological footprints are a way of working out how much of an impact on the environment we make. How people live their lives affects the amount of resources they use and the levels of pollution that create.

Here are some things you can do to reduce your footprint:

National Assembly incinerator protest

A big thank you to everyone who attended the Cardiff Incinerator Protest at the National Assembly building in Cardiff Bay on 12 October. About 30 people attended which is good for a week day. Our message is really getting through to those who matter. We need to keep up the pressure if we are to succeed.

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

If built, 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

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

This action is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part.

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