Aims and ambitions

City Wide

• prompt collection/clean up of dropped litter by council operatives
• litterbins fit for purpose – windproof, larger or more, better quality for easy maintenance, recycling capability where possible
• regular litter bin emptying to avoid overflowing
• litterbins better maintained - cleaned more often
• system for reporting and clearing grot spots caused by flytipping and other accumulation
• eliminating windblown rubbish  from domestic collections

City Centre (and other high footfall areas)

• no chewing gum on pavements
• no cigarette butts outside buildings
• trade waste promptly collected
• street traders and fast food outlets to create less litter, to use biodegradable boxes etc

Ring Road (and other busy roads)

• litter bins and notices in lay-bys
• regular, published programme of litter clearance on main roads
• co-ordination of grass cutting and litter clearance on roadside

Recent Developments

• better general maintenance by city authorities eg crack down on trade waste practices, better litter picking etc
• city centre manager
• City Council awareness and enforcement campaigns: Cleaner Greener Oxford, first in the centre, then Blackbird Leys,  then Cowley Road area
• extra bins in Cornmarket
• new bins across city centre and in Summertown, some with recycling facility
• tighter licence conditions for street traders eg branding packaging (but no obvious effect yet)
• ring road - bins and notices in some lay-bys but still a problem
• new 'hot wash' machine to clean gum off pavements

Under Development

• new bins coming to city centre soon
• Cleaner Greener Oxford moving to rest of East Oxford, to coincide with university terms starting, then maybe Summertown?
• continuing enforcement of cigarette litter in centre but legal hitch re tackling businesses
• new system this autumn for collecting recyclable to replace blue/green boxes
• Brookes University to appoint students to act as liaison officers with local community (trial period first in DRARA area)
• extension of definition of HMOs,  licensing may cover antisocial behaviour and rubbish (consultation in progress?)