This team delivers front-line services that protect the environment for residents and visitors to the Borough, as well as keeping it clean - our cleansing team works tirelessly to ensure the borough remains vibrant and beautiful; it's tough work, but also incredibly rewarding.
Join our dedicated front-line team who care deeply about their work and their community, and are the backbone of our success.
Our front-line services include:
- conservation of parks and riverside
- collection of refuse and recycling of waste
- community regulation
- sustainability for future generations
Job roles in Environment Services
We have a huge range of roles in Environment Services, from gardening, refuse collection and recycling to parking enforcement, cleansing and crematorium services.
Our recent achievements
Just some of our many achievements in 2023 / 24 include:
- Four of our parks were awarded the Green Flag status. Run by Keep Britain Tidy, a Green Flag recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces.
- Hill Rise Local Nature Reserve, Mowsbury Hillfort and Putnoe Wood also retained their Green Flag Community Awards.
- After 12 months of operation, our solar farm generated an income of £673,557, and a total export generation of 4500 mWh.
- In a boost to local sports facilities, we secured more than £400,000 of funding to refurbish park tennis courts across the Borough.