Public Cleansing

This pages provides information on street cleaning, litter collection and the role of environmental wardens. It has links to dog fouling, graffiti, bin emptying, fly tipping, fly posting and bin replacement information. The page also highlights the litter line and graffiti free phone number.

Street cleaning

Research shows that nearly every adult in the population drops litter in varying degrees. People in cars feel immune and unaccountable. The worse an area is, the more comfortable people feel about committing environmental crime. You can help to keep the borough clean by informing us whenever you witness littered streets which need to be cleaned.

Our street cleaning team are responsible for keeping the borough clean with their road sweepers, footpath and alley sweepers, litter pickers, mowers, brooms and brushes.

All streets in the borough are swept at least once every eight weeks. Town centres, areas around schools and other hot spots are swept daily.

If you see an area within the borough that needs cleaning, please contact Client Services by using the contact panel on the left.

Litter collection

Litter in town centres, around schools and other hot spots are picked twice daily. Litter is unsightly and can quickly build up if not removed.

Environmental wardens

Environmental wardens are a group of volunteers who take responsibility of looking after an area of the borough. This could be as small as the pavement of the street in front of their house. Larger areas include an open space, a row of shops or even the roads near a school. Read more about environmental wardens.

Read more on issues such as fly tipping, litter, dog mess, graffiti, animal carcass on public highways and any other street cleaning incidents.