Street cleaning service standards
We will:
- Be friendly and efficient
- Deliver efficient and effective street cleansing
- Work with the community to improve cleanliness of the borough
- Continuously clean the town centre 7 days per week between the hours of 7am and 5pm
- Mechanically sweep all roads within the borough at least twice a year
- Respond to hazardous litter within one hour of it being reported
- Carry out scheduled sweeping, litter picking of all streets and other public land based on need
- Remove fly-tipping within 48 hours of it being reported, unless it needs to remain for an investigation
- Provide litter and dog bins wherever possible when requested
- Take enforcement action against those who drop litter, dump rubbish and allow their dogs to foul
- Provide an out of hours service for cleansing emergencies
- Organise litter picks with local schools and communities when requested
- Monitor and measure the amount of litter in the town and report what we find