A council is working with a string of universities to keep waste and noise to a minimum over the summer.

A statement from Leeds council says most of the city’s 50,000 students will be changing accommodation in July.

Thousands of flyers have been delivered detailing ways students can sell, donate and dispose of unwanted items.

In addition to minimising noise, the council says students and landlords can help by disposing of waste properly and recycling or donating items to charities where possible, ensuring nothing is left out on the street or at the side of bins.

To keep food waste to a minimum, a local drop off point at a cinema with donations being distributed to Leeds food banks.

Alongside additional refuse collections and street cleaning resources throughout the period, specialist environmental officers will also be targeting fly tipping of house contents onto residential streets and bin ‘tatting’ (where people scavenge from bins or bags, often leaving a mess behind).

Landlords and agents have also been reminded of their responsibility to properly dispose of waste from their properties and to only use licensed third-party waste carriers. There will be two waste carrier vehicles to help in the clean-up in the busiest student areas and the council is supporting accredited landlords with free disposal of household waste.