Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 22nd May 2025 Issue no. 1163
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Birmingham refuse workers strike: cleaning up operation continues
As industrial action by Birmingham’s refuse workers continues, the Council says that its ‘contingency collection service’ managed to clear more than 35,000 tonnes of waste across the City in April.
Repurposing between 40 and 60 housing and street cleansing vehicles and deploying multiple 'grab trucks' to clear large rubbish piles each day, the Council prioritised 15 of the most affected hotspot wards.
Crews have have collected 1,500 – 1,700 tonnes of waste each day. In comparison, around 1,000 to 1,100 tonnes of waste per day was collected before industrial action began.
“Our priority remains to provide our residents with a better quality of waste collection services and to collect people's bins,” it says. “The increased tonnage of collection each day - even with a reduced team - shows how the service can be improved for residents.”
Thanking residents and businesses for their continued patience during this industrial action, it adds: “We are determined to reach an agreement to end the strikes but in the meantime, our contingency collection service will continue to keep the streets as clear as possible.”
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