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Streetwatchers

Our Pledge

We work in partnership with the people that live, work and visit Newham to provide a pleasant and clean environment.
We continually monitor our services to identify where there are opportunities for improvement to that environment for all the community.

What you can expect from our services:
  • To sweep all adopted roads and footways at least once a week, some more frequently.
  • Inspect over 400 different roads every month to ensure that their cleanliness is acceptable.
  • Respond to complaints about roads that have become dirty before their scheduled sweep within 12 working hours.
  • Empty litter bins at least once a week.
  • Remove small flytips in three working days (larger flytips in five working days).
  • Remove dead animals from roads within 24 hours.
  • Remove offensive graffiti by the end of the next working day.
  • Remove dog fouling by the end of the next working day.
  • Inspect all reported abandoned vehicles within two working days and where the law permits, remove those confirmed as abandoned within one working day.
  • Clear blocked gullies, where parking permits, within two working days.
  • Empty your wheelie bin once a week and remove other rubbish presented in an appropriate way, for example, in refuse sacks.
  • Return your wheelie bin tidily to an appropriate location.
  • Replace lost and damaged wheelie bins.
  • Collect trade refuse on agreed days.
  • Collect special collections within five days.
  • Ensure that there is a recycling bank within one kilometre of your home.
  • Ensure the council owned town centre toilets are cleaned every day.
  • Provide Civic Amenity site facilities for the public seven days a week.

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