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Now bins won't be collected if the lid doesn't close: Overflowing household bins will be left unemptied by waste lorries in Belfast - because of 'health and safety'
Belfast City Council is set to launch a new zero-tolerance policy which would see overfilled bins issued with red tags and ...
The city that refuses to empty 'overfilled' bins sparks resident backlash
Belfast City Council is set to activate a new zero-tolerance policy which would see overfilled bins issued with red tags and ...
Local Government Chronicle4d
One month on – but where now for Birmingham’s bin crisis?
Andrew Vaux analyses both sides’ views on the ongoing Birmingham waste disposal strike as workers are balloted today on ...
The Gazette27d
Council's narrow bin lorry to be delivered before the end of the year
The local authority’s waste services team progressed the purchase of the 18-tonne bin lorry after a successful test of its ... which was worth more than £220,000 – to manufacturer Dennis Eagle at a ...
The Gazette19d
Renfrewshire councillors to decide on bin lorries contract
The waste services team progressed the purchase of the 18-tonne bin lorry after a successful test of its ability ... which was worth more than £220,000 – to manufacturer Dennis Eagle at the finance, ...
Sky3d
Birmingham bin workers urged to accept 'fair' offer - as union accuses council of refusing to put public claims in writing
Unite, which represents the striking workers, says some will be £8,000 a year worse off and claims bin lorry drivers will have their pay cut next. Unite said in a statement that the council had ...
EDP 2410d
Warning issued after bin lorry fire in south Norfolk
A warning has been issued after a bin lorry caught fire due to an item being disposed of incorrectly. South Norfolk Council has urged people to throw away lithium batteries correctly following the ...