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In the UK, street cleaning and refuse collection are sometimes clustered under a single contract, with the general heading 'Streetscene contracts'.  Refuse collection resources are contained under Waste Management.

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List of Resources:
 
The Word on the Streetscene: Transforming local neighbourhoods (Web Page)
Giorgia Iacopini, 2009
New Local Government Network (NLGN)
'Streetscene' is a term coined to cover a range of core services which affect the daily street environment. These include planning, design, street furniture, streetlighting, parking, traffic management, street cleaning, litter, and green and open spaces.This report argues for a radical rethink of frontline streetscene services. The research, published in assocation with Serco, argues that by adopting street-by-street analysis councils can raise performance. This is a link to the payment page only.
ISBN: 978 1 903 447 82 6
UK
 

Developing the Local Government Services Market: Working Paper on Neighbourhood and Streetscene Services (PDF)
Department for Communities and Local Government and Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, 2007
The Stationery Office
A report on street cleaning, grounds maintenance and roads maintenance services where there is an opportunity to provide a more coherent approach and develop fence-to-fence solutions directed at liveability outcomes, through a sensible balance between economies of scale in contracting and locally tailored services, and encouraging a more diverse supply base.
UK
 

A Case Study in Competitive Tendering and its Implementation: Australia
Rimmer, S., 1991
Privatisation and Public Enterprise: The Asia-Pacific Experience, G. Gouri (ed), Asian and Pacific Development Centre and the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, Chapter 22
An overview of the outcomes and lessons learned from the competitive tendering of road sealing, mechanical street sweeping and municipal tipping facilities in Glenorchy, a small Tasmanian city.
Australia
 

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