Street Cleansing. The Council provides a street cleansing service with regard to its statutory duty under the Environmental Protection Xxx 0000. In this, the Authority has a general duty to keep land and roads clear of litter and refuse. This is not prescriptive legislation however and it includes permissive powers for which the Authority has some discretion. As an example, there is no specific statutory requirement to provide litter bins, but in not doing so, the statutory duty of keeping land free of litter etc would be that much more difficult. The following shows the approach of the Authority to general compliance, which will be modified according to emerging issues and changing need.
Street Cleansing. 6.1. In the areas included within the BID areas Gwynedd Council operates routine street cleaning and servicing of minor litter bins
Street Cleansing. The Clean Neighbourhoods Act and the Environment Protection Act 1990 (EPA), makes ‘duty bodies’ responsible for keeping their land clear of litter and refuse. Duty bodies are the ones responsible for keeping specified public places clear of litter and refuse, these are mainly local authorities. Liverpool City Council fulfils this responsibility through Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd. The contractor is responsible for compliance with the ‘Defra Code of Practice’ and Section 89 of the EPA to ensure the City is kept clean and free of litter. The Code of Practice encourages local authorities to maintain their land within acceptable cleanliness standards. Litter - includes materials often associated with smoking, eating and drinking, that are improperly discarded and left by members of the public; or are spilt during business and waste management operations. Refuse - should be regarded as having its ordinary meaning of waste or rubbish, including household and commercial waste, and can include fly-tipped waste. Detritus - includes dust, grit, gravel, stones, rotted leaf and vegetable residues, and fragments of twigs, glass, plastic and other finely divided materials. Leaf and blossom falls are to be regarded as detritus once they have substantially lost their structure and have become mushy or fragmented. A significant and avoidable source of detritus is uncollected grass cuttings and weed growth from seeds germinating in moist detritus. The Code of Practice outlines cleanliness standards that are graded as follows; Grade A: No litter or refuse or detritus Grade B: Predominately free of litter and refuse and detritus apart from some small items Grade C: Widespread distribution of litter and/or refuse and/or detritus with minor accumulations Grade D: Heavily affected by litter and/or refuse and/or detritus with significant accumulations The Code recognises that a grade A cannot be maintained at all times. It is expected that a council should keep their land clear of litter, refuse and detritus. The Liverpool City Council would expect to be achieving a grade A-C within the City Centre BID areas between 8:00 and 20:00 with response times to prevent further deterioration. To achieve this the cleansing crews are on site at 04:30am and work through until 20:00 daily. During Christmas period the service continues to be delivered until 23:00. The Code of Practice classifies the different types of land managed by local authorities into four main zones and a council ...
Street Cleansing. As part of the new ‘Target Monitoring’ regime, the City Central BID area is to have 5 of the 10 priority monitoring areas monitored through the City Centre Streetscene Manager and the Neighbourhood Response Officers (NRO’s) These can be changed monthly and are initially to be: o St Xxxxx Precinct, Xxxxxxx Square, Liverpool Central, Church Street, Bold Street, Queens Square, Xxxxxxx Street, Cavern Quarter and part of Lord Street. The area has over 600 businesses in total. The Commercial District including Xxxxx Street, Lord Street (part), Derby Square, Castle Street, North Xxxx Street, Tithebam Street (part), Pall Mall (part), Old Hall Street, Water Street (part) and The Strand (part). o The area has over 550 businesses in total. For the five priority areas in each of the BID locations between the hours of 4.30am and 8am there are ten street sweeping teams and eight sweeping vehicles in operation to get the city centre cleansed ready for the days trading. There are twenty-one people cleansing the City Centre, which includes the BID area. Liverpool Streetscene Services operate two mechanical sweeping machines, and a street washing team on a 7 day, 9.15am - 5.45pm pattern within the BID area and supplement this with operatives utilising manual litter pick and xxxxxx cleansing equipment. There are two PCVs which service the litter bins which are emptied daily. A schedule of response times for the city centre, are attached at appendix one for informational purposes.
Street Cleansing. Employees in Street Cleansing may be required to work across all service areas to meet service requirements as detailed below. Vehicles are not to leave the Xxxxxx Street Operations centre prior to 3:30am. Service Spread of Hours (Monday to Friday) Core Service Hours Rest Breaks General Operator • Litter Bins 3.30 am – 5.00pm 3.30am – 12.00 noon (Mon – Thurs) 20 min (paid) 30 min (unpaid)
Street Cleansing. THE OUTPUT REQUIRED DAY TO DAY
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