Environmental Quality Draft Policy

a) The Southside is a pleasant district of Edinburgh where residents enjoy living and visitors and those passing through enjoy spending time. It is a district in which families appreciate the quality of life which their children can enjoy as they grow up.

b) All streets and public spaces are free of litter. All bins, residential, commercial, recycling and public, are clean, well-maintained and emptied frequently. They are never in an overflowing state. There are recycling bins for paper, glass, food waste and packaging at regular intervals throughout the area, such that no resident has to walk for more than a few minutes to reach recycling bins. More specialist recycling facilities, for example, are available and prominently advertised in the area. Recycling opportunities are understood and observed by all residents.

c) Larger items of rubbish are never left around bins, but are appropriately reported for uplift to the Council. Items that can be recycled, clothing, furniture, electricals, etc, are.

d) There is no fly-tipping throughout the Southside. Any fly-tipping that does occur is cleared from the street within 24 hours.

e) Pavements are free of all but essential clutter, i.e., no A-boards, unlicensed tables and chairs, trade waste bins left out inappropriately.

f) Lighting levels used to promote businesses are appropriate to a historic conservation area, i.e., they are modest and not flashing or scrolling. Street lighting is sufficient to enable pedestrians’ safe use of the street after dark and to promote confidence in a safe environment.

g) All private and shared gardens are well-kept.

h) Air quality throughout the Southside, including along the main roads, is high, such that all residents and visitors can go about their normal lives outdoors without suffering any ill effects regardless of their age or state of health.

i) Trees are a feature of Southside streets. Pre-existing trees are well-maintained and those that have to be taken out, due to disease or other reasons, are replaced with saplings of the same species. Trees have been planted along all pavements where it is possible, including where pavements have had to be widened, and the road narrowed, to allow this.

j) Trees and other plants are managed in such a way that poses no risk to the community, for example, through the use of non-organic pesticides.

a)	The Southside is a pleasant district of Edinburgh where residents enjoy living and visitors and those passing through enjoy spending time. It is a district in which families appreciate the quality of life which their children can enjoy as they grow up.
b)	All streets and public spaces are free of litter. All bins, residential, commercial, recycling and public, are clean, well-maintained and emptied frequently. They are never in an overflowing state. There are recycling bins for paper, glass, food waste and packaging at regular intervals throughout the area, such that no resident has to walk for more than a few minutes to reach recycling bins. More specialist recycling facilities, for example, are available and prominently advertised in the area. Recycling opportunities are understood and observed by all residents.
c)	Larger items of rubbish are never left around bins, but are appropriately reported for uplift to the Council. Items that can be recycled, clothing, furniture, electricals, etc, are.
d)	There is no fly-tipping throughout the Southside. Any fly-tipping that does occur is cleared from the street within 24 hours.
e)	Pavements are free of all but essential clutter, i.e., no A-boards, unlicensed tables and chairs, trade waste bins left out inappropriately.
f)	Lighting levels used to promote businesses are appropriate to a historic conservation area, i.e., they are modest and not flashing or scrolling. Street lighting is sufficient to enable pedestrians’ safe use of the street after dark and to promote confidence in a safe environment.
g)	All private and shared gardens are well-kept.
h)	Air quality throughout the Southside, including along the main roads, is high, such that all residents and visitors can go about their normal lives outdoors without suffering any ill effects regardless of their age or state of health.
i)	Trees are a feature of Southside streets. Pre-existing trees are well-maintained and those that have to be taken out, due to disease or other reasons, are replaced with saplings of the same species. Trees have been planted along all pavements where it is possible, including where pavements have had to be widened, and the road narrowed, to allow this.
j)	Trees and other plants are managed in such a way that poses no risk to the community, for example, through the use of non-organic pesticides.