Litter

Our Area Maintenance Teams provide a street cleaning service for the removal of street litter, leaf fall and debris.

Refuse placed out on the street for collection is the responsibility of the resident until it is collected. Any spillage’s from refuse bags or recycling bins which hasn’t been presented properly should be cleaned up be the resident.

Litter bins

We maintain and empty approximately 900 litterbins in the city and rural area. Most of these are emptied weekly. Some are used more frequently, so we empty them more often. 

It is an offence to place refuse from properties or businesses waste in litterbins.

Litterbins in park areas are maintained and emptied by the City Councils Green Spaces section. In some rural areas the Parish Councils have their own litterbins which are not maintained or emptied by us.


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 01228 817000

Carlisle City Council
Civic Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria,
CA3 8QG