Response 4083843

Response to request for information

Reference

4083843

Response date

3 September 2026

Request

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,

where these totals can be obtained from an existing asset-management record or report.

If installation/removal dates are already contained in the asset data supplied under question 2, that data is sufficient and no separate calculation is required.

Response

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

Response: The location of how our bins are split across the borough is unfortunately not available, due to historic records. There are approximately 1,600 bins throughout the borough.

2. Your current electronic asset list/register for these bins, containing the following existing fields where held:

• asset ID
  • Our bins do not have an asset ID given to them
• location, coordinates and / or postcode;
  • At the moment, this is not available digital mapping currently taking place and once completed this will be available to share.  
• location / category type;
• bin type and / or capacity;
  • All bins owned throughout the borough are typed as either Floor, Post or Dog. Dog bins are no longer being installed, our bins are now receptive to dual waste. owned throughout the borough are typed as either Floor, Post or Dog. Dog bins are no longer being installed, our bins are now receptive to dual waste
• planned emptying / service frequency; and
  • Currently under review
• installation date.
  • Not available

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;
  • Information not available
• 2025/26; 
  • Information not available
• 2026/27 to the date of this request,
  • to the date of this request. Newly installed – 54,  permanently removed – 19.