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Clean Glasgow. It's our city - play your part

Clean Glasgow: Facts & Figures

9 times round the World.

This is the equivalent to the length swept per year - 358, 213Km.

10,000 football pitches

This is the equivalent area swept per year - 101.55Km2

 

Refuse Collection - per annum

Budget £15 million
Domestic Refuse Collections 17.6 million
Recycling Collections 2.2 million
Bulk Items Uplifts 350,000
Tonnes Domestic Waste Collected  245,948
Tonnes Commercial Waste Collected 82,210
Tonnes Recyclables Collected 60,811
Tonnes Commercial Waste Collected 82,210
Staff 318

Street Cleaning

Budget £17 million
Chewing Gum Removal £400,000

Graffiti Removal

£900,000
Litter Bins in City 10,500
Litter Bin Collections 3 million
Number of fly tipping sites cleared 8,874
Staff 358

Enforcement

The following Fixed Penalty Notices were issued between April and December 2006:

  • Fly Tipping - 16
  • Commercial waste - 675
  • Litter - 117
  • Dog fouling - 54
  • Domestic refuse - 16
  • Smoking - 72

Other key facts

 Litterbins

  • Pole Mounted   7618
  • Free Standing    578
  • Victoriana        2174
      Total              10370