Street cleaning

We operate a large street cleaning service assisted by local rural parish litter wardens and volunteers.

It is our responsibility to:

• Keep public parks and open spaces up to a high standard
• Remove litter and empty litter bins
• Remove fly-tipping on public or highway land
• Remove graffiti and flyposting under our remit
• Provide mechanical road and footway sweeping up to six times a year within residential areas across the town
• Provide rural road sweeping within towns and villages up to four times a year
• Clear rural pathways within residential areas on an adhoc request basis
• Clear heavy leaf fall between November and January. The schedule of which will be published on our leaf clearance webpage.

Our street cleaning is supported by the Make a Difference team. This team undertakes specific enhancements to highways and public open space areas within local areas.

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 occasionally leave waste sacks out for collection later in the day. These sacks will have the BDBC logo on them. Please contact us if these bags are there for more than 24 hours. Any other waste sack should be reported as fly-tipping immediately.

Hazardous waste, such as asbestos and syringes

Please DO NOT disturb discarded waste materials of any description.

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.