FOI003425 FOI Waste Management and Parks

Short Description
Public Litter Bins
Reference number
FOI003425
Date
06/08/2026
Request

Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, as appropriate.

I am seeking information already held in your systems and am not asking the authority to undertake a manual audit.

Please provide:

1. The current number of public litter bins or combined litter/recycling bins for which the authority is responsible.

Where your records permit, please split this between:
- streets/highways and other public realm;
- parks/open spaces;
- council housing estates; and
- other locations.

Please exclude household or communal residential refuse/recycling containers.

2. Your current electronic asset list/register for these bins, containing the following existing fields where held:
- asset ID;
- location, coordinates and/or postcode;
- location/category type;
- bin type and/or capacity;
- planned emptying/service frequency; and
- installation date.

I am requesting an export of existing recorded fields only. Please do not undertake a manual exercise to complete fields which are not already recorded.

3. For each of:
- 2024/25;
- 2025/26; and
- 2026/27 to the date of this request,

the number of public litter bins:
- newly installed; and
- permanently removed,

Response