{"id":25727,"date":"2018-02-20T12:39:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25727"},"modified":"2018-02-20T12:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:39:46","slug":"residents-collect-46-bags-rubbish-litter-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/residents-collect-46-bags-rubbish-litter-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents collect 46 bags of rubbish on litter pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PONTPRENNAU residents collected 46 bags of rubbish on their second litter pick of the year.<br \/>\nMore than 30 residents took part in the event on Saturday.<br \/>\nMartin Gilbert, 49, from Cork Drive, Pontprennau said: \u201cWe have some lovely areas to walk in Pontprennau with a network of paths and woodland.<br \/>\n\u201cTo see so much litter frustrates me and I enjoy doing something about it. Pontprennau is a great place to live and we should look after it.<br \/>\n\u201cAs an area, we feel very strongly at how the minority can ruin things, but it\u2019s great to see residents who care and want to look after the area they live in.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25730\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-25730\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25730\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/litter-pick-1400x788.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/noscript> Some of the rubbish collected in Pontprennau at the weekend<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Keep Pontprennau Tidy group wants to set up a constitution which will allow them to fundraise for equipment and have more control over their litter picks.<br \/>\n\u201cI get so angry and disappointed when I see the rubbish in the streets,\u201d said Alison Ellaway, 47, from Maes Y Wenol, Pontprennau.<br \/>\n\u201cWe use the parks in the summer and to see the amount of rubbish left behind is really frustrating.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s very rewarding to clear up a patch of ground and it is addictive!\u201d<br \/>\nThe event is backed by the council&#8217;s Love where you Live campaign which encourages residents to maintain the environment.<br \/>\nPontprennau Conservative councillor Dianne Rees praised the residents.<br \/>\n\u201cI am delighted to see that people have shown great interest in our community. Pontprennau is a lovely place but it\u2019s being ruined with the amount of litter on the streets.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not fair that residents have to clean up after people and there is only so much they can do.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want people in cars to stop throwing rubbish out and dog walkers to clean up their mess. Our residents do a wonderful job and we will continue to support them.\u201d<br \/>\nLorna Collison, works for the council&#8217;s street cleansing team and helps organise litter picks in communities.<br \/>\n\u201cThey are a really good way for people to take action against local problems, particularly around litter and fly tipping,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cLitter picks are great for social activity and a good way for local people to get involved with the community.<br \/>\n\u201cThe hope is that once people realise volunteers are taking to the streets, we will see a behaviour change.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keepcardifftidy.com\/volunteering\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PONTPRENNAU residents collected 46 bags of rubbish on their second litter pick of the year. More than 30 residents took part in the event on Saturday. Martin Gilbert, 49, from Cork Drive, Pontprennau said: \u201cWe have some lovely areas to walk in Pontprennau with a network of paths and woodland. \u201cTo see so much litter frustrates me and I enjoy doing something about it. Pontprennau is a great place to live and we should look after it. \u201cAs an area, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":25729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52,165,103,1050,173],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiff-council","tag-environment","tag-litter-pick","tag-pontprennau","tag-residents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Residents collect 46 bags of rubbish on litter pick - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/20\/residents-collect-46-bags-rubbish-litter-pick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Residents collect 46 bags of rubbish on litter pick - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PONTPRENNAU residents collected 46 bags of rubbish on their second litter pick of the year. 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