Overview
- Photos show overflowing bins, dumped trees and fly-tipped waste in Small Heath and Bordesley Green just days after Christmas.
- Unite says a third citywide ‘megapicket’ is planned next month and warns industrial action could continue past May’s local elections.
- Agency workers employed by Job & Talent on the refuse contract will join Birmingham council workers on picket lines.
- Birmingham City Council says its contingency operation is working, citing about 1,330 tonnes of kerbside waste collected daily and improved missed-collection rates.
- Residents report rats, respiratory concerns and growing frustration after nearly a year of strikes that began over plans to remove Waste Recycling and Collection Officer roles.