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Environmental Photo Reporting | Abandoned Bicycles | Abandoned Shopping Trolleys | Abandoned Vehicles | Animals | Balloon Releases | Drainage and Jetting | Flyposting | Flytipping | Footpaths and Cycle Tracks | Graffiti Removal | Litter Removal | Needles and syringes | Public Toilets | Road Maintenance | Street Furniture
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We are responsible for the cleaning and maintaining the streets in Oxford. Please select a topic from the list at the bottom of this page to find the information you are looking for.
Our Environmental Photo Reporting scheme allows you to report graffiti or abandoned vehicles in your area by sending us your digital photos of the problems. Visit our Environmental Photo Reporting page for full details of the scheme.
Our City Works team provides a 24 hour, 7 days a week emergency service. An officer will be on duty outside office hours. If you have a GENUINE EMERGENCY relating to street cleaning which may put the public at risk if not reported, you should contact us. Examples include:
Calls about regular activities such as problems with litter, reporting graffiti or flyposting, missed collections or ordering a bulky waste collection should be made during normal office hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm (excluding bank holidays).
Residents can contact us outside office hours on 01865 249811 with an emergency street cleaning problem.
Information about how to send us images of environmental blackspots around the city
Information about what constitutes an abandoned bicycle and what we do about the problem
Information about removing abandoned shopping trolleys
Information about abandoned vehicles in Oxford
Details of how to report dead animals and dog fouling.
Information about the Council's "Don't Let Go Campaign" about mass balloon releases
Information about the Council's jetter service
Cleansing Services are responsible for the removal of flyposting in Oxford City.
How to deal with fly-tipped items.
Information about public footpaths, footways and cycle tracks
Information about graffiti removal
Information about litter removal, chewing gum removal and the provision and maintenance of littler bins in Oxford.
How to deal with needles and syringes
Locations of public toilets in Oxford and the facilities available at each site
Information about road maintenance including roadworks, pot holes, road gritting, road markings, manhole covers and bollards
Information about bus shelters, street name plates, street lighting, lifebelts, road signs, benches and finger posts.
Page last reviewed 7 Oct 2008