Litter is unsightly and potentially dangerous. It creates unnecessary work for our teams who are responsible for litter clearance throughout the borough.
People create litter and although it is everyone’s responsibility to dispose of their waste properly there is still a big litter problem in Brighton Hill especially around the shopping Centre.
Councillor Andy McCormick organises a monthly community litter pick in the area. Its usually the third Saturday of the month but you can check on the sites calendar.
Discarded food waste attracts rats and other pests and encourages feral pigeons. Sweet wrappers, crisp packets and fast food containers pose a serious fire risk. Animals are regularly injured or killed by litter. Farm animals choke on plastic bags, birds get tangled up in fishing lines, and small mammals are trapped in bottles and cans. People throwing rubbish out of cars cause road accidents and carelessly discarded cigarette ends start grass fires, especially during dry summers.
You can report litter by clicking on the button below:
This site is supposed to be helpful it’s not,I’m trying to report an abandoned car in Bach close, it’s been there for over a year. Nothing or nobody wants to do anything about it.
Reporting abandoned vehicles can also be done via the “report it” portal on Basingstoke and Deane’s web site. The link above clicks through to https://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/report-litter. Removing abandoned vehicles is a different department. Whether or not the car will be removed depends on whether it is taxed and MoT-ed or not. If a car is taxed and MoT-ed, and is parked in a public road or parking bay, the council can contact the owner of the vehicle, but if he or she “claims” it, the council officers can’t take action unless the vehicle is in such a bad state that it poses a danger to passers by. If you have any vehicles you have reported, please contact me by e-mail and I will raise with the department concerned to try to get it moved. I agree it’s frustrating, I’ve had this problem before.