Street Cleansing
Street Cleansing & Litter Clearance
The Council is responsible for the sweeping of streets and removal of litter on the Public Highway and Council land.
The Council's streets are divided into areas of priority for cleansing, depending on the volume of traffic, pedestrians using the streets each day and the number of commercial premises. The more frequently the road is used, the more often it will be swept.
There is a Code of Practice for Litter that is part of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which gives response timescales for an area to be cleaned when it has fallen below an acceptable level. The minimum fine for littering is £2,500 .
If you have any further queries regarding the Street Cleansing Service please contact the Call Centre on 01354 654321 or email litter@fenland.gov.uk or use this online form or visit one of the Local One Stop Shops.
If you want to report someone dropping litter please use the same telephone number as above.
Programmed Work
The Council undertakes the following programmed work:-
- Continuous cleaning of town centres
- All other roads cleaned on a programmed frequency
- Litter picking of open spaces
- Litter bins emptied regularly
Rapid Response Service
The work undertaken by this team includes:-
- Removal of flytipping and dumped rubbish by the end of the next working day
- Litter picking of main roads weekly
- Emptying of litter bins and litter picking villages weekly
To report flytipping to this service please email flytipping@fenland.gov.uk or telephone 01354 654321 or use this online form .
Litter and Refuse on Private Property
Where litter or flytipping is a problem on private land the owner or occupier of the land is then duty bound to keep it free of litter. Local authorities can serve a Notice on landlords failing to keep their area free of litter and refuse. This ensures that the owner must clean up the area within a given period of time or face a fine if the offence continues.
Other Cleansing Services
These include: -
- Removal of graffiti
- Removal of flyposting
- Removal of abandoned vehicles
- Assist with local events (e.g. Rose Fair and Wisbech in Bloom)
You can help us by:-
- Being tidy with your litter and chewing gum
- Having waste collection contracts for your business
- Using the free Household Waste sites
- Not parking where you want us to clean
- Not leaving dog waste for others
- Not flyposting - its untidy and illegal