Oxford students are being targeted as part of a leaflet and door-to-door campaign to help reduce the amount of debris, litter and unwanted furniture being left on the streets of the city at the end of term this summer.
Around 2,000 houses in the areas of Oxford that are known to be student areas are now a part of a new pilot scheme that encourages people to take their unwanted items to local charity shops, rather than dump it in the streets. The dumping of unwanted furniture, mattresses and other items has become a real issue in Oxford as students move out of their term-time residences and are suspected of discarding their items in the streets.
The issue is being tackled in a unique way, with door-to-door visits and leaflets being handed out around the area. The leaflets encourage residents who are moving away to give their unwanted items to local charities such as Barnardos, Oxfam and Age UK. In exchange, students making donations to these charities will be entered into a draw to win a laptop.
A recycling officer for the council spoke about this new scheme, saying:
“The response so far has been positive. A lot of the doors we knocked were already doing something anyway.”
Council recycling schemes and clean-up initiatives often promote their projects using leaflet or flyer printing. Students in Oxford can find out more information on the scheme via the leaflets that have been distributed around the city.
