New clean-up crew set to bin Rotherham's litter

Four new staff will help to tackle fly-tipping on Rotherham's rural verges

Rotherham Council is doubling its clean-up team, with new jobs created to tackle fly-tipping and littering.

It follows a £307,000 investment in its 2025-26 budget aimed at making the South Yorkshire borough greener.

The number of staff dedicated to maintaining rural verges and main roads will rise from four to eight.

A report set to go before the council's cabinet on 9 June says the additional staff will allow for more regular litter-removal, better identification of fly-tipping hotspots, and increased intelligence-sharing with enforcement officers.

There will also be two new performance management officers, to track the service and develop long-term litter-busting strategies.

The roles are expected to begin in July or August, with the cost of new vehicles, uniforms and equipment all factored into the budget, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Rotherham had 5,689 fly-tipping incidents in 2022, with 2,070 classed as large or multiple items.

There are 326 roadside verges in the borough which are currently cleared of litter and cut once a year, between May and October. However "as a result of the investment, the capacity in this area will be doubled," the report concludes.

A progress update will be presented to the council's cabinet in April 2026.

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