A Cleaner, Safer & Greener Bradford District.
Bradford Council knows that making the district a cleaner, safer and greener environment is what matters to you the most. That is why we are investing in key areas such as Environmental Services, Street Wardens and Parks.
We are investing heavily in services and equipment to help tackle issues which you have highlighted as priorities for our communities. We are addressing issues such as graffiti, abandoned vehicles, fly-tipping, anti-social behaviour, crime reduction, rubbish collection, recycling and the provision of greener spaces.
The Council is committed to making the district a better place to live, work, play and visit.
But we can't do it alone! To really make a difference we need your help.
This webpage explains what we are doing to make our communities cleaner, safer and greener. It also provides information on how you can do your bit and get involved.
It's our district - so let's all be proud of it!
Greener
The Bradford district has some fantastic parks and outdoor spaces and we are continually striving to improve them. Bradford Council invests over £3 million per year to keep our 37 parks, more than 100 play areas and over 170 sports pitches as clean, safe and green as possible.
Drive around the district or walk the city's streets and you will find beautifully tended flower beds, hanging baskets, and highway verges. We also manage some fine woodlands and moors.
The Council is continually working to improve and expand its recycling service with more residents than ever now taking part and is developing its own greener environmental practices.
’Lister Park is a great place to go on a weekend for a couple of hours. I take my two boys down, they like the park and having a go on the boats on the lake. I just like the beauty of the place - it's somewhere nice to go’
Last year we:
- Planted over 5,000 trees
- Grew over 750,000 display plants
- Presented over 100 parks events
- Invested over £1/2 million on children's play facilities
- Introduced a district-wide carshare scheme
- Recycled or composted over 39,800 tonnes of rubbish
We plan to:
- Redevelop Myra Shay
- Create new sports pitches
- Create more park play areas
- Apply for funding to develop Roberts Park
- Develop sustainable travel and transport
- Create initiatives to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions
- Establish a community design and implementation team to improve areas of unkempt/derelict land
- Roll out green garden waste recycling collections to 100,000 households
- Introduce new bin inserts so glass, cans and paper can be recycled in one bin
How you can help
- You can help make your community cleaner, safer and greener by:
- Recycling more of your household rubbish
- Placing litter in bins
- Putting out your rubbish bins for collection on the correct days
- Keeping your garden or back yard clear of litter
- Cleaning up after your dog
- Reporting discarded needles
- Reporting abandoned vehicles or faulty streetlights
- Recording and reporting anti-social behaviour and other crimes
- Reporting drug dealing
- Spending more time in your local parks
- Planting trees and shrubs
- Joining your local friends of parks group
What can you do to help?
- report anti-social behaviour 01274 434165
- report domestic violence 0808 2000 247
- report people who dump rubbish 01274 431000
- report people who drop litter 01274 431000
- recycle more 01274 431000
- use your local recycling centres 01274 431000
- visit Bradford’s parks 01274 437789
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