Street Cleansing
In this section, you will find information on how we intend to
maintain the street scene, to a standard which promotes civic pride
and community responsibility.
Street Cleansing Service Standards (Monday to Fridays)
The Council is responsible for keeping the Borough as free from
litter as practicably possible.
This service is delivered by mechanical and manual cleansing
methods. Cleansing frequencies can vary between areas according to
a range of local factors, including pedestrian, traffic and
commercial activity.
We aim to:
- Empty town centre litter bins daily and all other litter and
dog bins on at least a weekly basis.
- Cleanse town centre areas daily.
- Cleanse all other areas on a frequency led basis but as a
minimum all kerbed road channels will be swept 4 times a year.
- Attend to fly tipped waste within 24 working hours of a report
being received (for waste that can be removed in less than 1
hour as larger deposits may require additional
equipment).
- Remove offensive graffiti within 48 working hours.
- Remove fly posting within 2 weeks.
Performance Indicators
During 2010/11 street inspections have taken
place and the results for Cheshire East are:
| Measure |
Percentage |
|
Streets with unacceptable standards of
Litter
|
4%
|
|
Streets with unacceptable standards of
Detritus
|
10%
|
|
Streets with unacceptable standards of
Graffiti
|
3%
|
|
Streets with unacceptable standards of Fly
posting
|
1%
|
Standards of cleanliness
The standards of cleanliness used in Cheshire
East have been defined within a Code of Practice as part of the
Environmental Protection Act 1990:
Acceptable
- Grade A - free of
litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting
- Grade B - mostly free of
litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting apart from small items
Unacceptable
- Grade C - quite a lot of
litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting with small build ups
- Grade D - a lot of
litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting with significant build
ups
