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March 29, 2011

Cigarette butts cause most of the city's litter

Clean up organisations from around Cardiff have named cigarette butts and sanitary waste as the most notorious rubbish in Cardiff.

Cardiff Rivers Group, a voluntary organisation who clean the capital's waterways and surrounding footpaths, rank sanitary waste as one of the city's biggest litter problems.

March 1, 2011

Application for takeaway on City Road considered by Council

Poppadums, on City Road, have applied for a licence to open a takeaway along with their new restaurant but some fear this may cause the litter problem on the road to escalate.

An application to allow a restaurant to act as a takeaway is currently being considered by Cardiff Council, despite a long-running litter problem.

Pappadums Restaurant, City Road, is due to open soon, and the owners have applied to remove one of the conditions of their original planning application. The document states: "No sale of hot food for consumption off the premises shall take place from the premises."

February 18, 2011

Cardiff Council cracks down on litter in the city

Cardiff Council is continuing its campaign against litter by highlighting the impact of smoking-related litter in the city.

The council's waste education team held a road show in Queen Street today, where they provided information about dealing with the problem and handed out portable ashtrays.

There was a 25 per cent increase in streets affected by smoking-related litter in Cardiff between 2008-9 and 2009-10, though dropping a cigarette butt can earn you an on the spot fine of £75. Other main sources of litter are animal waste and food wrappers.

February 18, 2011

Time to clean up Cardiff's dirty streets

Plasnewydd residents are angry that rubbish and fly-tipping are causing problems in the area and one local likened it to ‘living in a slum’.