{"id":131968,"date":"2025-05-26T00:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131968\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T00:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T00:57:12","slug":"gut-wrenching-smell-from-dead-rats-in-overflowing-rubbish-not-collected-for-four-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/131968\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Gut-wrenching&#8217; smell from dead rats in overflowing rubbish &#8216;not collected for four weeks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bins are overflowing outside flats in Erdington<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_bins.jpg\" alt=\"Overflowing bins in Erdington \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Overflowing bins in Erdington <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A concerned resident says he&#8217;s regularly finding dead rats in a mountain of rubbish outside his home which he claims hasn&#8217;t been collected for &#8216;four weeks&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The resident, who lives in a block of flats on Turfpits Lane, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/erdington\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Erdington<\/a>, said the smell is &#8220;gut-wrenching&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He said his neighbour can see the stinking pile of overflowing bins from her kitchen window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/stratford-road-shop-chief-fumes-31649737\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Stratford Road shop chief fumes as rats destroy clothes worth \u00a31k<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748221032_57_0_bins.jpg\" alt=\"Overflowing bins in Erdington \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Overflowing bins in Erdington <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;One resident lives next to to this,&#8221; the Emery House resident told BirminghamLive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Less than 20 feet from this mountain. Her kitchen looks out onto it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JcXF3MxQGZs3GoiEA8W2fn\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He added: &#8220;We&#8217;re now seeing rats regularly amongst the black bin bags &#8211; dead rats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The smell is gut-wrenching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The resident, who lives in a block of around 40 flats, has called on the council to clear out the rubbish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We have contacted <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> asking when the bin bags will be collected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Birmingham&#8217;s bin workers walked out indefinitely in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The dispute was initially triggered by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> City Council&#8217;s plans to scrap a Waste Recycling and Collection Officer (WRCO) role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Unite, the union representing the city&#8217;s striking bin workers, claimed scrapping the role would force \u201cdedicated workers onto pay levels barely above the minimum wage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The council has since claimed that &#8216;fair and reasonable offer&#8217; has been made &#8211; but both parties are yet to come to an agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bins are overflowing outside flats in ErdingtonOverflowing bins in Erdington A concerned resident says he&#8217;s regularly finding dead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,984,748,393,22048,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-131968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-council","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-erdington","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114571420886937565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}