Renhållning och städning
The urban environment of Stockholm must be clean and safe. You can help out by throwing your litter in a litter bin.
In order to keep Stockholm litter free, we clean streets, squares, footways and cycleways all year round. This is done using mechanical road sweepers or manually. We also empty litter bins, clean storm drains, control weeds, and remove leaves and grit. During the summer months, we supplement this by pressure-washing streets where necessary.
How often we clean depends on the urgency and the season. In some parts of the city, we need to clean every day, while in others once a week is enough. Our goal is to streamline the cleaning to ensure that we clean where it does the most benefit.
The City offers a 24-hour cleaning guarantee on all weekdays, excluding public holidays. This means that we will do our best to address overflowing litter bins or broken glass on the ground within 24 hours of receiving a report.
Litter belongs in a litter bin
By throwing your litter in a bin, you are helping to keep Stockholm clean and safe. In addition, you are benefitting our environment because the litter that is dropped on the ground eventually ends up in our waterways, and urban litter also impacts nature and animals.
The leftovers from your picnic or outdoor lunch should also be thrown in a bin. This helps prevent rats and other pests in the urban environment.
The City has recently increased the number of bins in streets and squares. The new bins are designed to prevent rats and other pests from accessing the waste, and have a surface that facilitates graffiti removal. We are also committed to keeping the bins clean and fresh.
