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A ‘megapicket’ was held outside a household recycling centre in Birmingham, as the city’s all-out bin strike continues.
Birmingham City Council says it is on track to clear a backlog of uncollected waste by the weekend, despite the ongoing dispute with the Unite union. Craig Cooper, strategic director of city ...
Composting saves landfill space by converting organic waste into enriched soil. About 50 percent of the trash set on the curb ...
The standoff between bin workers and the council has led to bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish piling up on streets ... "But at the end of the day, we've got to stand firm against Birmingham City ...
It follows a month-long stand-off between members of the Unite union and the Labour-run authority as bin bags and fly-tipped rubbish have piled high on streets. Unite said the city council's ...
As spring greens sprout up, black bears are emerging from hibernation and roaming around Juneau in search of food.
The council says in order to prevent a reoccurrence of the fatality, the bin lifter manufacturer has agreed with the coroner ...
"We have total utter support for the bin men and all trade unions," said ... who have worked "around the clock" to clear the rubbish. "As we stand here today, 85% of that accumulated waste has ...
On Day 57 of the 16th St. Crackdown, multiple citations were issued for drug use. HOT workers observed but avoided direct ...
Army specialists have been called in to help tackle the mounting piles of rubbish on Birmingham's streets amid a month-long bin strike ... and they stand to lose far less than Unite has claimed.
"Thanks to Labour’s disastrous management of Birmingham and their refusal to stand up to ... tons of rotting rubbish had been collected this month. He insisted normal bin rounds would only ...