{"id":700167,"date":"2026-01-16T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700167\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:36:13","slug":"update-issued-on-birmingham-garden-waste-service-as-council-bins-boss-recognises-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700167\/","title":{"rendered":"Update issued on Birmingham garden waste service as council bins boss recognises \u2018frustration\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birmingham City Council suspended the service last year amid disruption from the bins strike<\/p>\n

Alexander Brock<\/strong> Local Democracy Reporter<\/p>\n

14:33, 16 Jan 2026<\/p>\n

\"Cllr<\/p>\n

Cllr Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for transport and environment(Image: Martin O’Callaghan\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Council has said it is currently unable to reintroduce the garden waste service as the bins strike continues to cause disruption.<\/p>\n

The seasonal service was suspended last spring due to the industrial action \u2013 despite some subscribers having already paid up.<\/p>\n

Residents were soon reimbursed the payments, with the cost of lost income from garden waste being suspended estimated to be \u00a34.4m.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Birmingham bins strike could cost crisis-hit council at least \u00a319m<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

With the bins strike dragging into its second year, the Labour<\/a>-run council<\/a> has confirmed it cannot reintroduce garden waste collections at the moment.<\/p>\n

Coun Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: \u201cWe recognise that residents have been without this service for a year and we are as frustrated as they are.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we are unable to reintroduce the garden waste service at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued that bringing the service back was a \u201cpriority\u201d for the council however.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we progress with our transformation of the waste service, we will be looking at ways we can reintroduce it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Birmingham<\/p>\n

Birmingham Council House in Victoria Square(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will keep residents updated on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The transformation of the waste service was previously delayed due to the impact of the bins strike but is now set to be rolled out from June this year \u2013 regardless of whether industrial action is still taking place or not.<\/p>\n

It has been described as a key part of the council\u2019s recovery plan and will see collections move from weekly to fortnightly last year.<\/p>\n

Weekly food waste collections and a second recycling bin specifically for recycling paper and cardboard are also set to be introduced in phases across the city.<\/p>\n

Coun Mahmood continued: \u201cWe know that as spring approaches citizens will be out in their gardens and will look at options such as composting their green waste or taking it to one of our five household recycling centres, to help them while they are without this service.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetails of our household recycling centres\u2019 opening times can be found on the council\u2019s website.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>Unite slams Birmingham Council over ‘misleading’ comments on bins strike talks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The bins strike dispute between Unite and the council was initially triggered by the loss of the Waste Recycling and Collection Officer role.<\/p>\n

The past year has seen striking workers claim they face a pay cut of \u00a38,000 \u2013 a figure the council has disputed.<\/p>\n

The two parties failed to resolve the dispute despite talks taking place, with the local authority insisting a fair offer had been made.<\/p>\n

You can read more about why a resolution for the bins strike dispute has not been reached here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Council suspended the service last year amid disruption from the bins strike Alexander Brock Local Democracy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,7831,984,748,393,4884,528,285,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-700167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-bin-strike","10":"tag-birmingham-city-council","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-labour-party","15":"tag-politics","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115905520276738088","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700167","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=700167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}