Cleansing Services. Our statutory approach: Leeds City Council provides a 24-hour street cleansing service within the City Centre of Leeds with regards to its statutory duty in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Most other authorities do not provide such a comprehensive 24 hour service but it has been accepted by our Authority due to the size, accessibility and thriving night time economy within our city, this provides a very comprehensive street cleansing service. The main service is split between a combination of mechanical sweeping and manual sweeping and includes litterbin emptying. 1.1 Litter bin emptying Starts at 06:00hrs each day and continues until 22:00hrs, 7 days a week. We have approximately 450 litter bins within the City Centre with built in ashtray for cigarette litter. Each litterbin holds approximately 80 litres of waste and we aim to empty litterbins as often as required. On average we empty litterbins at least twice each day but much more in high usage areas but recent changes and the introduction of the “Leeds Charter” has allowed us to improve this service generally. (please see Par 2 below). 1.2 Manual litter collection and sweeping Staff start at 06:00hrs each day and continue until 18:00hrs, 7 days a week. 8 staff operate on a pre-determined route. These staff are employed and provided with street orderly carts equipped with brushes, shovels, litter pickers and loiter collection bags. This service delivers on the “hole streetscape” after re-training our staff and now removes fly posting, stickers or anything that detriments the environment. (please see Part 2). 1.3 Mechanical sweeping Starts at 22:00hrs each night and continues until 08:30hrs the next day to afford an overlap in manual and mechanical sweepers. We employ two pavement sweepers and one LGV Road sweeper. The two pavement sweepers operate within the confines of the “hole City” and the city centre is split into two equal areas, this ensure as many streets as possible are fully cleansed each night. Unfortunately, some areas require more service than others such as around fast food outlets and nightclubs or during events and are thus multiply cleaned. The Road sweeper attempts to sweep each street at least once each night and may need to return to pre swept areas especially outside nightclubs and food outlets. 1.4 Street Washing We employ a wash / graffiti team of 2 staff working alternate 3 and 4 days each week working from 06:00hrs until 16:30hrs each day. They will work ...
Cleansing Services
