Street cleaning

Street cleaning teams carry out routine works in all areas of the borough assisted by local rural parishes who employ part time litter wardens. The work includes:

• cleaning main parks at least twice a week and high priority parks on a daily basis
• litter picking estates weekly
• removal of fly-tipping and side waste
• removal of graffiti and flyposting
• emptying bins across the borough either daily for frequently used bins or two to three times a week for others
• mechanical road sweeping
• kerbed streets swept four to six times a year
• footpaths swept three to five times a year
• rural routes are carried out on an ad-hoc basis, due to specific safety requirements
• rural pathways within villages are swept on request manually
• the clearance of heavy leaf fall between November and January. The schedule of which will be published on our leaf clearance webpage.

Our Make a Difference team also undertake specific cleaning and maintenance enhancements for local communities around the borough.

Reporting an issue

Before reporting a street cleaning issue, check first to see if it has already been reported to us via the link below.

Check the status of a reported street cleaning issue

You can help keep the borough clean and safe by reporting fly-tipping, fly-posting, litter, graffiti, dog fouling and dead animals

Report a street cleaning issue

Abandoned shopping trolleys

Report abandoned shopping trolleys direct to the retailer. Clearly identify the issue, specify the location and provide any other relevant information.

Alternatively, report to Trolleywise, a professional trolley retrieval service that operates on behalf of most big supermarkets and shops. Find more information on the TrolleyWise website.

Emptying of road gulleys

Report issues to Hampshire County Council

Filled bags left by the roadside

Our Street Cleaning teams will leave waste sacks out for collection later in the day. These can be identified by the BDBC logo on them. Contact us if these bags are there for more than 24 hours. Other waste sacks should be reported as fly-tipping.

Hazardous waste, such as asbestos and syringes

Please DO NOT disturb these materials. Phone 01256 844844 and an officer will investigate and take actions as required. We operate an out of hours service for hazardous waste items to remove or make safe. You will be redirected automatically to our out of hours service by calling the number given.

All waste items are potentially harmful to the environment, children and pets such as fridges, batteries, gas canisters, bulky household waste.