``flying squad'' to clean up Fairfield's streets.

This is despite the disbanding of the ``Green Teams'' pledged by Labor at the last election.

Mayor Nick Lalich said the new garbage squad would expand the present council service to remove rubbish dumped in streets.

``We will budget for another couple of trucks and extra crew so that staff can respond within a day ... supplementing the six-monthly kerbside clean-ups council currently operates,'' Mr Lalich said. ``At this stage we don't know the kind of costing involved, but there will also be a focus on encouraging residents to dob in a dumper.''

At the council elections in 2004, Labor promised Green Teams consisting of council staff and work-for-the-dole participants.

Mr Lalich described the plan at the time as ``the council's own Backyard Blitz''.

The teams were also to paint fences, maintain footpaths, remove graffiti and improve parks.

Mr Lalich said that after two years the project had been modified to focus on graffiti.

``We've moved that responsibility back into the hands of the community through the ``Fabulous Fairfield'' program which sees residents recognised for their contribution to keeping their own properties in shape,'' he said. ``It also promotes town pride and ownership of the process.

``We still have involvement from the Juvenile Justice Program removing graffiti from fences.''

Greens candidate Bill Cashman called for the council to take a more environmentally aware approach and become a ``solar city'' like Blacktown and invest in solar power for street lighting and public facilities.