FOI Request - Litter Spend And Complaints

Request 101002699815

Please send me:
• The total spent on services and projects to clean up litter in each of the last five financial years a) 2020-2021, b) 2019-2020, c) 2018-2019, d)2017-2018, and e) 2016-2017
• The number of complaints received about litter in each of the last five financial years a) 2020-2021, b) 2019-2020, c) 2018-2019, d)2017-2018, and e) 2016-2017

Response 04.03.21

1.

The spend on litter collections/clean up, is included within our total waste collections budget figure, which also includes all household waste and recycling collections, but not commercial collections. There is currently no specific budget allocation for community clean up projects, however we do supply litter pickers, bags and collect any collected waste from locally organised community litter picks and beach clean ups, free of charge.
The figures are:
2016-17 £2,601,554
2017-18 £2,687,453
2018-19 £2,798,813
2019-20 £2,847,066
2020-21 Not yet available - this information is therefore exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held. 

2.

Litter enquiries/complaints received by Environmental & Commercial Services:

2016-17: 102
2017-18: 100
2018-19: 79
2019-20: 57
2020-21: 26 (up until 25th Feb 2021)

Litter enquiries/complaints received by Economic Growth & Development:

2016-2017: 24
2017-2018: 23
2018-2019: 16
2019-2020: 8
2020-2021: 12