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Street cleaning and litter collection

How we keep the county tidy and how you can get involved

We understand that rubbish and litter can be a blight on our local communities. 

Here's what we do to clean streets and collect litter:

  • clean town centres
  • clean most roads once a month
  • remove accumulations of rubbish from Council land
  • empty litter bins before they are full
  • help with your locally organised clean-ups  
  • respond quickly to requests for service   

Keep Rutland tidy

You can help us to keep Rutland clean and tidy by taking the small steps at home and when out and about:

How often we clean streets:

  • Oakham High Street and Uppingham High Street East and West - daily        
  • Main Street Cottesmore, Ketton and Whissendine - weekly
  • Main Street Greetham - fortnightly
  • All villages are cleaned on a monthly basis except Ayston, Barrow Belmesthorpe, Egleton, Hambleton, Little Casterton, Lyndon,Normanton, Pickworth, Teigh, Tickencote, Thistleton, Thorpe-by-Water, Tixover, Stoke Dry and Wardley, which are cleaned every three months

The A1 motorway

A section of the busy A1 motorway runs through Rutland - here's what we do to keep this section of highway as tidy as possible:

  • litter pick catering lay-bys on a weekly basis - all other lay-bys are picked every three months
  • verges are litter picked after vegetation cuts by Highways England. Our contractor also schedules crews to come in on Saturdays to try clear the litter that accumulates in between cuts. This is not always possible, particularly during adverse weather conditions
  • if  crews can't carry out work on the verges they spend the time clearing the slip roads instead
  • The A1 is inspected on a regular basis - any we deal with problems like abandoned vehicles and fly-tipping as a matter of priority
  • the central reservation is scheduled to be litter picked following the annual vegetation cut by Highways England - this work cannot take place without a lane closure in place

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