Satisfaction levels rise

A resident survey attached to the recent recycling collection calendar, shows that satisfaction with street cleanliness continues to increase and now stands at 86%.  The news comes after the Council scooped two awards for clean streets, when it was awarded 5 Stars and a Gold Award in the small local authority category at the national Clean Britain Awards last year.

1400 residents took part in the survey, answering questions on a range of issues including recycling, grey and green bin collections and street cleaning, with improvements in all areas apart from the condition of litterbins, which stayed the same.

The survey shows that satisfaction levels with dry recycling collections is at 96%, residual (grey bin) collections is 91% and green waste collections is 79%.

Cllr Paul Cox Cabinet Member for Environmental Issues said; “These results back up the recent Clean Britain Awards and show that our street cleaning, waste and recycling crews do a great job, day in, day out, in all weathers collecting waste and keeping our streets clean and tidy.  As always we’ll use the results to enhance the service and an example of this is the future installation of around 100 additional dog bins across all wards within the Borough.”