The city council has spent towards £9million in the past five years on street cleaning activity
The financial cost of street cleaning, including work to tackle fly-tipping, and penalties given to offenders have been raised at lancaster-city-council>Lancaster City Council.
Also anti-litter messages have been sprayed on walls or pavements using stencils and chalk-based paint, highlighting the financial cost of tackling litter to the public and emphasising that litter does not magically 'disappear'.On main streets with shops or offices, new 'no waste on streets' bin and container arrangements have been considered.
Coun Ainscough said: "There are many councillors who do a lot of work clearing litter and we are keen to see fly tipping reduced. The base budget for street cleansing annually is £1.8million for the 2023-24 financial year. She added: "The city council is committed to reducing the issue of fly-tipping across the district. It sees illegally dumped waste as the number one environmental challenge.
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