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East Suffolk's Amazing

We invest every single penny we can in services to help maintain the beauty and cleanliness of East Suffolk but sometimes admit that it can never necessarily be enough.

A cross-party working group of councillors is already working on different ways we can work to maintain the beauty of East Suffolk, which includes encouraging more residents to take active pride in their local area.

This includes reducing fly-tipping, recycling properly and even, where possible, looking after the spaces outside your own property. We are also working closely and collaboratively with Suffolk County Council who have responsibility for weeds on roads and pavements, potholes and road signs.

There is already an incredible network of volunteers who work to help keep our district beautiful, with regular litter-picks, planting, and an all-round effort to keep their local area clean. If East Suffolk matters to you, if you want to play your part we would love you to get involved. East Suffolk’s Amazing… let’s keep it that way!

Litter and you

Our Cleansing and Environmental Services Team work to take preventative measures, investigate incidents and the causes of littering.

You can help to keep our districts tidy by disposing of your rubbish responsibly and using the facilities provided. If there are no litter bins in the area, please take your litter home with you.

Litter – our responsibilities and how you can help

Community litter picks

Register a litter pick now

We are happy to support local communities/groups who help keep East Suffolk litter free by carrying out litter picks in their local areas.

We are able to lend out equipment for organised litter picks, including Hi-Viz vests, litter pickers, bags and bag hoops. 

Registration must take place at least five working days prior to collection of equipment. 

Due to high demand, we operate on a first-come first-served basis, so early registration is advised. The equipment will need to be collected from one of two locations, at either East Suffolk House in Melton or the East Suffolk Services Ltd depot in Lowestoft and returned to the same depot by an agreed date, after the event has finished. 

Provided that we are notified in advance, we can also remove bagged and other waste items collected from agreed collection points. We will ask you to send in a photo of the items in their collection location to aid the operatives.

You can also get involved on social media by sharing your own litter pick photos tagging East Suffolk Council and using #litterheroes.

Reduce, reuse and recycle

Find out more about how East Suffolk Council and our partners, deal with waste in the district.

Find out more about how East Suffolk Council and our partners, deal with litter in the district.

Find out how you can reduce litter and waste to landfill with Suffolk Recycling’s handy A-Z.

Set up a community composting scheme

Your neighbourhood can take part in a community composting scheme. These schemes allow a local community to manage the organic waste they produce. It is environmentally-responsible, not-for-profit and locally-owned.

Find out more about community composting.

Reporting issues you see in your neighbourhood

It can be confusing knowing which organisation or council to report an issue to. We have tried to set out below some useful links for key issues. If in doubt, please contact our Customer Services Team.

In general, Suffolk County Council are responsible for roads, pavements, road signs and potholes. Suffolk County Council - ReportIT online problem reporting tool.

East Suffolk Council undertake the following services and issues:

Fly-tipping, litter and abandoned vehicles
Reporting a fly-tip, graffiti or littering incident
Report an issue with a litter or dog litter bin (not emptied or broken/missing/vandalised)
Report an abandoned vehicle
Report a dead animal on a public highway (If the animal poses an immediate danger to public safety - call 0345 606 6171)
Public realm and grounds maintenance
Report an issue with a public toilet
Report an issue with a street name plate
Report an issue with street cleansing
Report an issue with grounds maintenance, trees or grass cutting

You may also find our online East Suffolk mapping system useful, as this shows areas owned by East Suffolk Council.

Suffolk County Council also provide a highways mapping system to show which roads and footpaths they have adopted.


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