Street Cleaning

Keeping streets and other public spaces clean and tidy is one of our most important jobs.

To achieve high standards:

• litter bins and dog hygiene bins are emptied every week
• road channels are cleaned four times a year, main routes 11 times a year
• footways are swept twice a year
• depending on the area, we pick up litter once, three or 12 times a year
• bus shelters and lay-bys are cleaned four times a year
• Swadlincote town centre and public toilets are cleaned every day except Sunday.

You can see the location of litter bins, bus shelters, road channels, and footpaths that we maintain on our interactive map.

Road drains are cleaned once a year or twice a year on major routes by our partners at Derbyshire County Council. We also work with Parish Councils to help keep areas tidy and free of litter.

Our street cleansing services include a Rapid Response Unit called the Clean Team to promptly clean up fly-tipping, dog fouling, syringes, litter, fly-posting, graffiti or hazardous substances.

You can request the Clean Team online or by emailing waste.cleansing@southderbyshire.gov.uk.

Clean Team request