The Council cleans the borough's streets, parks and open spaces on a routine cycle. This will be more frequent at busy locations such as Oldham Town Centre, District centres, gateways and corridors within Oldham.
Report litter
Report litter or a problem with a litter bin:
Littering examples
On-going problems
Street litter control notices are used when there is a long standing litter problem outside premises (for example smoking litter).
Premises may be required to provide (and empty) litter bins and to keep the area clean.
Fines can be issued where premises do not comply with street litter control notices.
Litter on private land
Clearing rubbish from private land, shop, pub, factory or other commercial building is not a council responsibility.
Please report it to the landowner.
Phone boxes and bus shelters
To report broken glass from a phone box or bus shelter:
- Report phone box damage to BT: 0800 661 610
- Report bus shelter damage to JC Decaux: 0161 873 6384
Fines
You be may issued a £100 fixed penalty notice
If you fail to pay the penalty you are liable to prosecution with a maximum fine of £2,500.
Volunteer to keep Oldham tidy
It’s great that so many volunteers want to work with us to keep their communities tidy and litter-free.
The Environmental Services team can loan out equipment to community groups who want to organise a community litter picks.
Community groups can email the Environmental Services team to book a time to pick up equipment:
Community litter picks that require the Council to remove bagged litter will need to agree dates, times and locations in advance.