FOI Request - Public Bin Provision

Request 101003773291

By public litter bin I mean a bin provided by the council for the public to put their rubbish in, on the street/park etc.

1. How many public litter bins has your council provided for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?

2. How often have each of your public bins been emptied for each of the years, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?

3. How many complaints have you received related to public litter bins for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024? And if possible, broken down by topic of complaint e.g. not enough bins, overflowing bins.

4. What was the cost to your council to provide, maintain, and empty public bins for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024?

Response 21-05-2025

1. & 2. A spreadsheet titled Moray Litter Bins that gives the number of bins and emptying frequency has been sent to the requester directly.

3. There are 20 complaints broken down as follows:  

2020
Public bin not emptied correctly - 1
Lack of bins - 1
Lack of dog waste bin - 1
Overflowing bin - 1

2021
Overflowing bin - 2

2022
Lack of dog waste bin - 1
Overflowing bin - 1

2023
Overflowing bin - 5

2024
Lack of bins - 1
Overflowing bin - 5
Removal of dog waste bin - 1

4.

2020/2021 –    Street Cleaning £718234.36               Mobile Toilet Attendants £7482.24
2021/2022 -     Street Cleaning £ 792886.67             Mobile Toilet Attendants £ 8184.24
2022/2023 -     Street Cleaning £ 918113.52              Mobile Toilet Attendants £ 8929.77
2023/2024 -     Street Cleaning £ 850411.93              Mobile Toilet Attendants £ 9834.09
2024/2025 -     Street Cleaning £ 848788.87              Mobile Toilet Attendants £ 2917.69

Note: Costs include all the costs from the Mobile Toilet Attendants too - however only part of their job is emptying litter bins so only a portion of the costs