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Phoenix Approves Multi-Year Trash Fee Hike to $51.32 a Month by 2028

City leaders say the increase plugs a $20.8 million shortfall caused by rising labor, vehicle, infrastructure costs.

Birmingham Council Seeks Talks With Unite as Year-Long Bin Strike Continues

Blizzard Cleanup Continues Across Southeast Wisconsin as Milwaukee Runs Nearly 200 Vehicles, Madison Extends Snow Emergency Parking

Birmingham Bin Strike Reaches One Year as Rubbish Mounts and Political Costs Rise

German Towns Finalize 2026 Budgets as Windfalls, Tax Hikes and Cutbacks Diverge

O Morrazo Finalizes Higher Waste Fees After Tense, Heavily Policed Vote

Snow Disrupts Waste Pickup Across German Districts as Bamberg Halts Tours and Oldenburg Rules Out Catch-Ups

Wiltshire Sets 2026 Closure of Two Recycling Centres as Royal Wootton Bassett Emerges as Replacement

Little Rock Area Sees Police Transparency Bid Rejected and Innovation Hub Lease Cut

Hounslow Reviews £1,000 Fine for Envelope Left by Full Bins After Deadline Passes

Spain’s Councils Advance Waste-Tax Overhauls as Madrid Cuts Property Tax and Ties Garbage Fee to Household Size

Unite Leads Birmingham Bin Strike Rally, Council Reports Regular Collections

Sogama y Vigo Chocan por 2,47 Millones de la Tasa de Basuras

Valencian Government Sets Sept. 15 Deadline for Towns to Tap Vaersa for DANA Sewer Repairs

North Rhine-Westphalia Sees Record Wastewater Fee Surge and Wide Municipal Gaps

Nationwide Teamsters Strike Enters Third Week as Garbage Piles Up

Birmingham’s Former Waste Director Relocates to Brisbane After Strike Talks Collapse

Birmingham Council Ends Bin Strike Talks and Begins Redundancy Consultations

San Diego Council Approves First-Ever $43.60 Monthly Trash Fee for Single-Family Homes

Birmingham Bin Strike Talks Deadlocked as Union Accuses Commissioners of Blocking Deal