Carrickfergus Borough Council - Street Cleansing

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Street Cleansing

STREET SWEEPING

Area	Frequency
Town Centre:	This area is swept by the mechanical sweeper on a daily basis. The area is also manually litter picked and brushed by an employee every day.
High Density Residential Areas	Mechanical sweeper once a week
Low Density Residential Areas	Mechanical sweeper once a month

*Black spots such as around schools, and high footfall areas are checked on a daily basis and swept or litter picked as required.

Areas of Responsiblity

Council will only sweep and clean areas for which they have responsibility. We have a large number of complaints which relate to areas that we do not clean.

Such areas include:

• Unadopted Road
• New Developments - until the adoption process has been completed, which in some cases can take up to 10 years
• Garage Areas/back of houses within estates
• Certain walkways and alleyways within estates
• Cleaning up after builders or roadworks
• Private Car Parks including:
• St Brides Street Car Park
• Co-op Car Park
• Woodsides Car Park
• Tesco Car Park
• Supervalu Car Park

Litter Bins

The litter bins in the Town Centre are emptied on a daily basis. All other areas are emptied on a rolling schedule. We aim to have each litter bin 2-3 times per week.

Dog Bins

These bins are also emptied on a rolling schedule with the aim of each bin being emptied 2-3 times per week.