{"id":25659,"date":"2017-11-20T15:53:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=25659"},"modified":"2017-11-20T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:53:04","slug":"keeping-cathays-tidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/keeping-cathays-tidy","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Cathays Tidy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cathays residents are cleaning up litter strewn streets and parks.<\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_25819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25819\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Cathays-Rubbish-1-Guardian-Cardiff-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Cathays-Rubbish-1-Guardian-Cardiff-625x351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Cathays Rubbish &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/guardiancardiff\/4727057409\/in\/photostream\/\">Guardian Cardiff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">CC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIf you walk through Cathays on any given day there is one thing you are bound to notice, litter. From discarded food packaging to broken glass it seems to get everywhere.<br \/>\nSadly litter is a fact of life in any major city. However some local residents, with the support of town councillors and local businesses, are determined to fight against this.<br \/>\nKeep Cathays Tidy(KCT) is a group who are determined to fight the issue head on. They have active <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keepcathaystidy\">social media profiles<\/a>, reminding people of waste collection days, encouraging people to pick up litter and organising group litter pick events.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25856\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25856\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepcathaystidy.org.uk\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-25856\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy-Logo-625x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25856\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25856\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Keep-Cathays-Tidy-Logo-625x625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"336\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> KCT have been working since 2014 to keep local streets clean<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOn the second Saturday of every month they turn focus to a different part of Cathays. The organisers as well as volunteers band together and collect any and all litter in sight.<br \/>\nOrganiser Ceri Davies told us, \u201cIt&#8217;s a mixed bag of volunteers, 10 to 12\u00a0regulars from all over including a few children. And then you get others who attend when time allows. Often we get large groups from local mosques and churches, that helps.\u201d<br \/>\nKCT was set up by a small group of organisers, who along with other volunteers and the input of local Councillors Chris Weaver and Sarah Merry came together to \u201cpool resources\u201d and start the group.<br \/>\nMr Davies spoke a little about his background, \u201cI am a trustee with keep Wales tidy, previously led the local environment team in the Welsh government and local waste featured in my master\u2019s dissertation.\u201d Along with this he also said he is motivated by, \u201cA general disgruntlement at the state of where I am and my children live.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25737\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25737\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Litter-In-The-Street-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25737\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Litter-In-The-Street-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Along a short stretch of Monthermer Rd. all of this litter could be seen.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIf you take a look at the twitter feed of Cardiff Council and multiple tweets at them a day can be seen pointing out overflowing bins, litter strewn streets and uncollected rubbish. The Council responds to each of these tweets and many Councillors spoken to have listed litter as an issue they are concerned about, despite this there seems to have been little progress in solving the issue.<br \/>\nSome research into litter levels has been done by Mr Davies, &#8220;Small grime and detritus has actually improved, so cigarette butts etc are far less prevalent than when I did my masters. But general rubbish is pretty much the same.&#8221;<br \/>\nWhen asked what he&#8217;d like to see happen and what more the council and residents could do he said,\u201cThe Council need to provide bins and collect better than they do. And waste collection is a major issue that needs work to stop the litter that that causes. In the same vein residents have to work to help the council do things to keep areas tidy.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8220;Remember it&#8217;s where you live. Let&#8217;s make it the best it can be.\u201d<br \/>\nTo get involved or find out more you can head to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepcathaystidy.org.uk\/\">www.keepcathaystidy.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathays residents are volunteering their time to clean up litter from the local streets and parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":25819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keeping Cathays Tidy - 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