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Waste service strike

A number of Tower Hamlets Council frontline waste service workers and street cleansers will be going on strike from 18 September to 1 October due to a national pay dispute.  

Despite the council working to maintain services for residents, the strike will impact collections and cleansing across the borough. We apologise in advance for the disruption this will cause. 

Find out more about the strike.

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Street care and cleaning

The council is committed to ensuring that a safe, high quality environment is maintained within Tower Hamlets. Environmental services officers are based within the community and are ready to help with local environmental issues that concern you including street cleansing, waste collections and maintaining streets and pavements.

Clean and Green map shows your nearest on-street recycling centres, litter bins, public toilets and parks and green spaces.