Clean and Green

The Clean and Green Team is a dedicated team of people working together to make our local community clean and safe.  The aim of the team is to educate and inform the public about environmental crimes.  The team consisting of a Senior Street Warden , two Street Wardens, two Parks Wardens and two Animal Wardens having been trained and given the powers and responsibilities to tackle Environmental Crime.

This follows the introduction of the “Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005”

What is Environmental Crime?

Litter, Graffiti, flytipping, abandoned and nuisance vehicles, dog fouling and flyposting all of which are subject to increased powers and sanctions following the introduction of the “Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005”.  This means that authorised staff can issue fixed penalty notices varying between £50 and £500 depending on the specific offence.

Prosecutions can follow and for the more serious offence of flytipping the courts can upon conviction impose penalties of up to £50,000 and or a prison term,

Cigarette buts and chewing gum are now classed as litter and anyone dropping them anywhere in the open other than a litter bin may be liable to a fixed penalty notice.

Nusiance Vehicles

The “Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005” has also created new offences such as “Nusiance Vehicles” which are vehicles on the Highway displayed for sale or repaired on a commercial basis, or vehicles because of their poor condition are causing a nuisance to the local community.  Vehicles falling within this category are now under the spotlight and those committing an offence under the act can expect a fixed penalty notice if operating outside of the law.

If you wish to report an Environmental Crime to the Clean and Green Team please contact Customer Services on 01273 484999.

If you prefer you can report an incident on line using our Fault Reporting System.

Use the external link below to the online Fault Reporting system to report Highway and Street Cleansing Faults within the East Sussex area directly to the responsible Authority. It takes you through the necessary steps to report a fault.
frs.accesseastsussex.org/faultReport/faultIntro.aspx

Reporting an abandoned vehicle online

To do this, please click on the link below. You will be redirected to the Sussex Police web site where you will be able to enter the details of the vehicle and its location on a Public Reporting Form. The form should only take a few minutes to complete - and the more information you can provide, the quicker we can begin proceedings to remove the vehicle.

The following external link goes to the Sussex Police website where you can report an abandoned vehicle online
www.sussex.police.uk/operations/crackdown.asp