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Levels of litter - Cleanliness index (8202) Metric type
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- This metric is the percentage of relevant land and highways that is assessed as having deposits of litter that fall below an acceptable level.
There is no statutory definition of litter. The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (s.87) states that litter is 'anything that is dropped, thrown, left or deposited that causes defacement, in a public place'.
This accords with the popular interpretation that 'litter is waste in the wrong place'. Litter includes mainly synthetic materials, often associated with smoking, eating and drinking, that are improperly discarded and left by members of the public or are spilt during waste management operations.
This forms one component of a wider set of indicators looking at the percentage of relevant land and highways that is assessed as having deposits of litter, detritus, graffiti and fly-posting that fall below an acceptable standard of cleanliness. It is calculated as:
(SA + SB+ + SB + SB- + SC + SC - + SD)/Ts)*100 where
- SA = count of sites graded A * 3
- SB+ = count of sites graded B+ * 2.5
- SB = count of sites graded B * 2
- SB- = count of sites graded B- * 1.5
- SC = count of sites graded C * 1
- SC- = count of sites graded C- * 0.5
- SD = count of sites graded D * 0
- Ts = total number of sites survey *3
- A = no litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting
- B = where a transect is predominately free of litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting except for some small items
- C = where there is widespread distribution of litter/detritus/graffiti/fly posting with minor accumulations
- D = where a transect is heavily littered/covered in detritus with significant accumulations or there is extensive graffiti/fly posting likely to be clearly visible and obtrusive to people passing through.
This data has been provided as part of the voluntary LG Inform benchmarking club therefore not all authorities submitted data and comparisons with other authorities should be made with caution.
- Modified
- 16 Dec 2020
- Data last updated
- 01 Jan 2022
- Short label
- Litter - Cleanliness index
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- a low value is good
- Measure
- Cleanliness index
- Dataset
- Improved street and environmental cleanliness - cleanliness index
- Collection
- LGI Benchmarking Club
- Source
- Local Government Association
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