Apr 16, 2025 10:34 PM
No end in sight for Birmingham's 'disgusting' rat and rubbish nightmare as bin strike continues
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/b.../105185658
INTRO: It's everywhere you look: street corners, abandoned lots and local parks, although you tend to smell it before you see it. For six weeks, residents in Birmingham, the United Kingdom's second-largest city, haven't had their rubbish collected.
Bin workers are locked in an industrial dispute with the city council, and have been on strike since March 11. With household trash overflowing, locals — known colloquially as Brummies — have been dumping their waste anywhere they can.
Now, mounds rubbish bags are strewn around the city, sparking public health concerns and a rodent infestation that's made global headlines. Every gust of wind carries the pungent reminder of a crisis for which there's no end in sight... (MORE - details)
Birmingham: Community desperate for deal to end ongoing bin crisis ... https://youtu.be/mHqfKkysPp0
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mHqfKkysPp0
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-17/b.../105185658
INTRO: It's everywhere you look: street corners, abandoned lots and local parks, although you tend to smell it before you see it. For six weeks, residents in Birmingham, the United Kingdom's second-largest city, haven't had their rubbish collected.
Bin workers are locked in an industrial dispute with the city council, and have been on strike since March 11. With household trash overflowing, locals — known colloquially as Brummies — have been dumping their waste anywhere they can.
Now, mounds rubbish bags are strewn around the city, sparking public health concerns and a rodent infestation that's made global headlines. Every gust of wind carries the pungent reminder of a crisis for which there's no end in sight... (MORE - details)
Birmingham: Community desperate for deal to end ongoing bin crisis ... https://youtu.be/mHqfKkysPp0