Estate Environment

• Environmental Improvements Budget
• Waste and Recycling Disposal
• Flytipping
• Graffiti

Environmental Improvements Budget

The Environmental Improvements Budget is a Tenant led initiative giving Oxford City Council's tenants and leaseholders a great opportunity to have more of a say over how we spend our budget for environmental and security improvements across our estates.

Visit our Environmental Improvements Budget page for full details and to make a suggestion.

Waste and Recycling Disposal

You must get rid of rubbish or unwanted items from the property (including the garden) by using the collection service provided by the Council.

You must only leave refuse outside your property on the actual day the collection service comes to your area or on the evening before.

Visit our Household Waste and Recycling pages for full details of this service.

Alternatively you can take unwanted items to one of the waste recycling centres provided by Oxfordshire County Council.

Flytipping

You must not leave any rubbish or unwanted items in public areas. Dumping rubbish is dangerous and illegal. You should report any flytipping in your area to us. Visit our Flytipping page for full details

Do not leave large items of furniture or rubbish outside your home. If you have large items to get rid of, ask our City Works team for a free Bulky Waste collection. up to three items can be taken away at a time. Visit our Bulky Waste Collection page for full details.

Do not store items that you no longer want, or such things as bikes, prams or pushchairs in communal areas.

If you do any of the above you are breaching Health and Safety Regulations, and we will insist that any items left in communal areas are removed. We have legal powers to remove these items and recharge you for any cost incurred in the removal.

Graffiti

If you live in a Council tower block or a low-rise block of flats with internal shared areas, our Caretaking Service will deal with reports of graffiti on this property. Visit our Caretaking Service page for details.

If the graffiti is on Council Housing property but in an area not covered by the Caretaking Service, contact us using the details on the right of this page and we will arrange for specialist graffiti removal operatives to deal with the report.

If the graffiti is racially abusive or offensive we will aim to have it removed within 24 hours.

Graffiti on private property is not the responsibility of the Council to remove. Visit our Graffiti Removal page for more information on this subject and to report problems with graffiti in your area.

Page last reviewed 8 May 2012