Issue - meetings

Report of Head of Environmental Services

Purpose of report

To update the Executive on the actions and strategies being followed to ensure the district has a good level of cleanliness

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Recommendations

The meeting is recommended:

1.1      To note the good levels of customer satisfaction (69% in 2015) with the Council’s Street Cleansing service.

1.2      To support the enforcement actions to combat fly tipping, littering and dog fouling.

1.3      To support the combination of education, enforcement and operational efficiency to keep the District clean. 

Resolved

(1)          That the good levels of customer satisfaction (69% in 2015) with the Council’s Street Cleansing service be noted.

(2)          That the enforcement actions to combat fly tipping, littering and dog fouling be supported.

(3)          That the combination of education, enforcement and operational efficiency to keep the District clean be supported.

The Head of Environmental Services submitted a report which updated the Executive on the actions and strategies being followed to ensure the district had a good level of cleanliness.

Resolved

(1)          That the good levels of customer satisfaction (69% in 2015) with the Council’s Street Cleansing service be noted.

(2)          That the enforcement actions to combat fly tipping, littering and dog fouling be supported.

(3)          That the combination of education, enforcement and operational efficiency to keep the District clean be supported.

Reasons

To keep the District clean a range of activities are required. Removing litter & fly tips quickly is important but if residents can be educated to be responsible with their waste the amount of fly tipping and litter can be reduced. For those who wish to ruin the environment through selfish actions, an enforcement team investigates all fly tipping and helps to reduce littering by the issuing of fixed penalty notices.

Customer satisfaction is good with 69% achieved in 2015 a rise from 67% in 201

To keep the District clean a range of activities are required. Removing litter & fly tips quickly is important but if residents can be educated to be responsible with their waste the amount of fly tipping and litter can be reduced. For those who wish to ruin the environment through selfish actions, an enforcement team investigates all fly tipping and helps to reduce littering by the issuing of fixed penalty notices.

Customer satisfaction is good with 69% achieved in 2015 a rise from 67% in 2014.

Alternative options

Option 1: To support the activities to keep the district clean

Option 2:  To reject the activities used to keep the district clean

Option 3:   To ask officers to consider alternative improvements