STUDENTS have again been attacked over large amounts of refuse left over after students have moved out.

Residents and business in the Uplands have voiced complaints with Beechwood Road resident Deborah Bowen speaking to the Evening Post: “It is usually bad, but hasn’t been as bad as it has recently.”

A Swansea Council spokesperson said in a statement: “We have recently carried out extra collections in areas where there are high numbers of HMOs in an effort to reduce the levels of household waste being left on the street.”

These claims have been rubbished by students, who are frustrated at the lack of support from the council.

Final year medical engineering student Victoria Cavalier-Hirth was told by the council recycling helpline that there were no extra collections and they could arrange a collection at £5 per bag of refuse.

Sam Rees, a final year politics student told us: “For the last few years the council put extra collections on at the end of term including at Christmas time and Easter. This year, there was no extra collections at all.”

Beth Flynn, a student mother added: “No extra collections in Waterloo Place, Brynmill that I’ve noticed. Some parents [are] unimpressed at extra broken bin bags making it dangerous for kids (it is one of the roads surrounding Brynmill Primary)”

Swansea University Students’ Union were contacted for a comment, but at the time of print, had not done so.