The 13 dirtiest areas in Liverpool according to residents and readers, including Walton and Kensington

Liverpool’s street cleaning, parks maintenance and waste collection operations could be brought back into the council’s full control after a report revealed cleanliness of the city was the ‘number one priority’ of residents.

These front-line services – such as emptying litter bins – have been delivered by the council-owned company, Liverpool Streetscene Services Ltd (LSSL), since 2016. Now, a report to city leaders is recommending they be brought back in house to provide a year-round programme to clean up our areas.

The move comes as findings from a residents’ survey issued this year said cleanliness across the city was their number one priority – with satisfaction rates dropping from 43% to 39%.

Although the changes will have no direct impact on the collection of household waste, it will be part of a wider drive to improve the city’s low recycling rates – the second lowest in the country – and to strengthen environmental enforcement action.

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A document made public ahead of a cabinet meeting next Tuesday (November 12), said the move to consider insourcing had been “heavily influenced” by citizens’ responses to the annual report.

As a result a joint working group has been established between LSSL and city managers to establish a way forward, and found that an insourcing arrangement would also enable stronger enforcement against environmental crime and anti-social behaviour.

In light of the residents’ survey findings, we asked local residents which parts of the city need cleaning up and received a large number of responses. Take a look at the gallery below to see the areas of most concern in terms of street cleanliness.

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