{"id":14004,"date":"2016-11-01T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=14004"},"modified":"2016-11-01T18:04:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T18:04:47","slug":"adamsdown-fly-tipping-continues-residents-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/01\/adamsdown-fly-tipping-continues-residents-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Adamsdown fly tipping continues &#8211; but residents fight back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A MATTRESS, disused kitchen appliances and piles of bin bags are among the most recent items to litter the streets of Adamsdown, as fly tipping continues.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A single-bed mattress was found today in an alleyway off Oakfield Street, in the northeast of Adamsdown.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14071\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14071\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet from Filthy Adamsdown about the mattress dumped on Oakfield Street.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14071\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Tweet from Filthy Adamsdown about the mattress dumped on Oakfield Street.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FlithyAdamsdownMattress_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Tweet from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dirtyadamsdown\/status\/793384243133054976\">Filthy Adamsdown <\/a>about the mattress dumped on Oakfield Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRubbish and recycling bags were left out in Nora Street yesterday\u00a0and\u00a0last Tuesday, when full recycling sacks were left piled outside a garage.<br \/>\nRubbish and recycling bags were also left out in Nora Street yesterday, as well as last Tuesday, when full recycling sacks were left piled outside a garage.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adam Lloyd-Binding, Centre Co-ordinator at the Rubicon Dance Centre on Nora Street, has been reporting incidents of fly tipping every week for the last three months.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14011\" style=\"width: 168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14011\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"A collection of bin bags sits outside a garage door.\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-293x524.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14011\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"A collection of bin bags sits outside a garage door.\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL-293x524.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping04_01-11-16_DL.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/noscript> Some of the refuse sacks that Adam has reported in the last week.<br \/>Credit: Rubicon Dance<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHe said: \u201cFly tipping has been a persistent problem in Adamsdown for the last three years or more.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe problem is twofold, as there are some local residents who just throw rubbish bags out into the street whenever they are full, but the council has \u00a0failed in its obligation to educate residents about when bin collections are.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think council enforcement officers need to make themselves more visible in the area, and to follow up when residents report fly tipping incidents. Adamsdown and Splott are neglected, this wouldn\u2019t be a problem in more affluent areas of the city.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Local resident, and former Lib Dem Councillor John Dixon, who reported the dumped mattress this morning, reports fly tipping every week via FixMyStreet, a website that records the place and time of each incident and informs the local council.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also reported by Mr Dixon were two incidents on Meteor Street and Constellation Street on October 23 where black bin bags and recycling sacks were left outside of the front of houses.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">System Street has also been affected by the recent spate of fly tipping, when\u00a0kitchen appliances including two fridge-freezers were dumped on October 20.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14070\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14070\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Filthy Adamsdown Twitter account posted a tweet about uncollected &quot;white goods&quot; on October 23\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14070\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"The Filthy Adamsdown Twitter account posted a tweet about uncollected &quot;white goods&quot; on October 23\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/FilthyAdamsdownFridge_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dirtyadamsdown\/status\/793384243133054976\">Filthy Adamsdown<\/a> Twitter account posted a tweet about uncollected &#8220;white goods&#8221; on October 23<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMr Dixon\u2019s former colleague, councillor Nigel Howells, said: \u201cFly tipping is a scourge on our area and the council should be doing more to stamp it out.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He believes that fly tipping could be prevented through better enforcement and prosecution, better education for residents about when litter collection times are, and the scrapping of the bulky waste collection fee.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents can currently pay a fee to the council for the removal of heavy household goods including furniture and kitchen appliances, with fees varying from \u00a312.50 for one or two items, \u00a325.00 for three or four items or \u00a337.50 for five or six items.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff Council has defended these charges, which they say cover the costs of staff and vehicles used to collect the bulky goods. And l<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ater this year the council plans to introduce free collection of household goods that can be recycled or reused.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14007\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14007\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"A collection on rubbish bags, boxes, and empty packaging, left near a metal railing in Adamsdown.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14007\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"A collection on rubbish bags, boxes, and empty packaging, left near a metal railing in Adamsdown.\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/AdamsdownFlytipping_01-11-16_DL.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Black bags and other dumped waste on Nora Street.<br \/>Credit: Rubicon Dance<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some Adamsdown residents are making their own efforts to clean the streets of litter.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A group called Keep Adamsdown Tidy organised a litter pick in Brewery Park, next to Nora Street, on August 31 and plans to hold more in the near future.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gwenda Owen, chair of the Penylan and Adamsdown Labour Party, helped to create the group alongside Communities First, Keep Cardiff Tidy, Cardiff Council staff members and local volunteers.<\/span><br \/>\nShe said: \u201cThe aim of the litter picks are to engage the local community in solving the problems of litter and fly tipping as well as making Adamsdown a nicer place to spend time in.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff Council is bringing its Love Where You Live Campaign to Adamsdown next week \u00a0and is holding a \u201cneighbourhood blitz\u201d to clean up streets in the area.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Bob Derbyshire, the council\u2019s Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: \u201cIf anyone witnesses fly tipping in their community, we advise that you don\u2019t make contact with those who are carrying it out but take details of the time, location and the registration details of the vehicle and report it to the council at the earliest opportunity.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added: \u201cWe are taking a very firm line on this, with covert cameras being installed and surveillance increasing. The message to those who continue to ruin the environment that we all live in is, stop or face court action with a possible fine of up to \u00a350,000 or six months imprisonment.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff residents can check the time and date of bin collections in their area on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.gov.uk\/ENG\/resident\/Rubbish-and-recycling\/When-are-my-bins-collected\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff Council\u2019s website.<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information about the Love Where You Live campaign can be found <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepcardifftidy.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MATTRESS, disused kitchen appliances and piles of bin bags are among the most recent items to litter the streets of Adamsdown, as fly tipping continues. A single-bed mattress was found today in an alleyway off Oakfield Street, in the northeast of Adamsdown. Rubbish and recycling bags were left out in Nora Street yesterday\u00a0and\u00a0last Tuesday, when full recycling sacks were left piled outside a garage. 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