STUDENT volunteers are attacking Tongatapu's chronic roadside rubbish problem in a pick-up campaign that aims to clean up roadsides around their school area before Christmas.

The rubbish pick-up organised every Tuesday for a month is part of a community outreach working with the local staff of DHL Express.

"This is part of our volunteer day program and we're working in conjunction with the high school students and teachers of Ocean of Light schools and Waste Authority Ltd.," said Sam Vea, DHL General Manager.

They started the clean up on Tuesday November 23 with a team of volunteers in bright yellow t-shirts cleaning up the roadside from Sopu through to Hofoa.

"We filled up 20 huge DHL bags in one hour. We had one group starting from the Sopu waterfront, working up to Hofoa and the other group from the end of Hofoa towards the waterfront. We transported the bags of rubbish to the school and Waste Authority picked them up to Tapuhia. There were approximately 50 volunteers, including children who lived around the area and decided to join us," said Sam.

"The next one will be next Tuesday 14 December at 2pm with the primary school. We will be doing it locally around the school and roadside."

"This DHL volunteer day event will be an annual event where we'll come together to give our time for a worthy cause to make a difference in the community that we work and live in," said Sam.