{"id":26237,"date":"2018-02-26T13:20:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=26237"},"modified":"2018-02-26T13:20:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:20:48","slug":"campaigners-protest-controversial-roath-tip-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/26\/campaigners-protest-controversial-roath-tip-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaigners protest against controversial Roath tip sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Campaigners turned out to protest against the controversial closure of Roath\u2019s Wedal Road recycling centre on Saturday.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protesters at the site, which is set to close on March 2, had previously been assured by the Labour-run Cardiff Council that it would only be closed once a replacement site was found.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However the Council agreed to sell the site to the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) just 24 hours before Saturday\u2019s demonstration was due to take place.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26239\" style=\"width: 629px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26239\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2.jpg\" alt=\"Clive Mann said he uses the site to bring refuse from his allotment in Llanishen\" width=\"629\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2.jpg 629w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26239\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2.jpg\" alt=\"Clive Mann said he uses the site to bring refuse from his allotment in Llanishen\" width=\"629\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2.jpg 629w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Clive-Mann-2-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/noscript> Clive Mann said he uses the site to bring refuse from his allotment in Llanishen<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heather Ward from Birchgrove, who uses the site on a monthly basis, said residents were concerned that the closure would lead to more fly-tipping in the area.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt will be a pain and I think it will increase fly-tipping because people don\u2019t tend to want to save up their stuff so they can go further afield,\u201d she said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCouncillor Graham Hinchey said it was not going to close unless there was an alternative site so everybody was reassured by that. Now that looks like a complete and utter lie.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m not sure what (our protest) will actually achieve, but I think the numbers that have turned out have shown you how much feeling there is against it.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marchant Jones, 81, said he has used the site since he was a boy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019d ask them to think about the closure of this place,\u201d he said. \u201cHundreds of cars bring tons of stuff here and they sort it all out for the council. What is the alternative?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDo they honestly think that people are going to come from North Lisvane, all the way to the other tip? They must be crackers, and people will not do it and they will dump the stuff.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conservative councillor Jayne Cowan has also criticised the decision.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m so disappointed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe were promised faithfully by Graham Hinchey on video that we would get an alternative operational site open before this was shut and we feel very betrayed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou\u2019ve got people from different parties here as well. You\u2019ve got councillors here, local representatives, local residents, just to show the strength of feeling.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The site had been scheduled to go up for auction on March 6 but it is understood that the local authority decided to withdraw the lot.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a council spokeswoman, the sale will be completed either on or before March 31.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigners turned out to protest against the controversial closure of Roath\u2019s Wedal Road recycling centre on Saturday. Protesters at the site, which is set to close on March 2, had previously been assured by the Labour-run Cardiff Council that it would only be closed once a replacement site was found. However the Council agreed to sell the site to the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) just 24 hours before Saturday\u2019s demonstration was due to take place. 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