what action does the council take on litter?
The council works with the contractor Veolia Environmental Services who do the sweeping of over 2100km of highway every 15 weeks as well as the sweeping of over 600km of footways at intervals of between 4 weeks and 3 months. A number of litter hot spots have been identified as requiring regular attention and these are routinely cleaned on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis as necessary. The aim of the service is to keep the environment free of litter and rubbish and includes the following elements; • HGV Mechanical street sweeping, using a chassis-mounted or truck mounted sweeper, of adopted roads • Manual street cleaning and sweeping of adopted footways (pavements) and adopted detached footways (footpaths) • Removal of dead animals • Removal of drugs litter e.g.
