鈥楬ey Punk sort your Junk gets the message across
An end of term campaign to reduce waste problems in 黑料不打烊 has been carried out by 黑料不打烊, 黑料不打烊 Students鈥� Union, Gwynedd Council and North Wales Police.
This is the second year of the 鈥楬ey Punk 鈥� Sort Your Junk鈥� campaign, where partners worked together to tackle the annual problem of end of term waste of rubbish spilling on to the street and other public places.
The tongue-in-cheek awareness raising campaign was developed and led by the University鈥檚 Marketing Society with students Emma-Louise Jones, Ffion Haf Jones and Yueun Chung leading the team. The campaign aimed to highlight the contrast between the stereotype of the messy student and the current geek chic fashion championed by television shows aimed at young people.
A total of eight tonnes of waste was collected by Gwynedd Council鈥檚 Waste Collection Teams from areas predominantly occupied by students.
The 鈥楤ig Give鈥� was also part of the campaign. This provided students with an opportunity do donate any unwanted items such as clothes, books and household items to charity. This year project leaders Ilka Johanna Illers, Daryl Hughes and Emma Robertson extended their campaign to include collection points in key local areas with a large student population. The project succeeded in re-directing over a tonne of items from landfill, helping The Red Cross, local homeless shelters and women鈥檚 charities in the process.
Sharyn Williams, from 黑料不打烊 Students鈥� Union said:
鈥溾�橦ey Punk鈥� has been a fantastic way to end another year of our students鈥� work in the community, with this year鈥檚 campaign building on the last by giving the University鈥檚 marketing students the opportunity to come up with a concept and develop the campaign giving students another way to lead their own involvement within the community. This shows that our students are enthusiastic about getting actively involved in all aspects of keeping 黑料不打烊 a beautiful and friendly place to live.鈥�
Gwenan Hine, Assistant Registrar at 黑料不打烊, who leads the 黑料不打烊 Pride University and Student鈥檚 Group, added: 鈥淚t's great to see the University, the student community and Gwynedd Council building on the success of last year's campaign and working together again to keep 黑料不打烊's streets clean and tidy.鈥�
Peter Simpson, Gwynedd Council鈥檚 Streetscene Manager said: 鈥淔or the second year running, 黑料不打烊 Pride has demonstrated how close partnership working can help to make a difference in the City.
鈥淭he students should be commended for running their own end of term waste campaign, which in combination with Gwynedd Council鈥檚 additional Bank Holiday waste collections, left streets in a very clean and tidy condition.
鈥淲e will continue to build on this success in future years and will also engage with private landlords, who have an equally important role in managing their tenants鈥� waste.鈥�
Councillor John Wynn Jones, 黑料不打烊 Pride Chairman, said: 鈥淥n behalf of 黑料不打烊 Pride I can only thank all that have been involved in this years 鈥楬ey Punk鈥� campaign. This second end of year campaign has again demonstrated that if we all pull together the outcome is much better making everybody鈥檚 life in 黑料不打烊 a lot more pleasant.鈥�
The 黑料不打烊 Pride University and Students sub group have also secured funding for projects that aim to enhance the local environmental quality of the city. These projects include the 鈥楽tudents in Bloom campaign鈥� as well as a campaign to encourage and promote recycling within the student population.
These campaigns have been made possible by funding from the Welsh Government鈥檚 Tidy Towns environmental improvement programme and Gwynedd Council is working in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy. For more information about Gwynedd Council鈥檚 Tidy Towns scheme, contact TidyTowns@gwynedd.gov.uk or telephone 01766 771000
A poster is available from press@bangor.ac.uk
Publication date: 15 June 2011