{"id":701581,"date":"2026-01-17T06:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701581\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:58:15","slug":"the-birmingham-street-that-has-become-a-dumping-ground-during-the-bin-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701581\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birmingham street that has become a &#8216;dumping ground&#8217; during the bin strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City Council responded after the Handsworth street was covered in bags of rubbish<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1_IMG_8498jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Wattville Road in Handsworth \" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Wattville Road in Handsworth became a 'dumping ground' for rubbish\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Wattville Road in Handsworth became a &#8216;dumping ground&#8217; for rubbish(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A Birmingham resident said &#8216;enough is enough&#8217; after her pavement was &#8216;covered with filth&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">With the ongoing bin strike, the Handsworth local was fuming after her road became a &#8216;dumping ground&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Heaps of bin bags covered access to the pavement on Wattville Road and the resident said the sight of mice was &#8216;the final straw&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink-news\/birmingham-pub-promises-instant-ban-33208988\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Birmingham pub promises &#8216;instant ban&#8217; after recent vandalism<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking to BirminghamLive, the resident said: &#8220;I am suffering from severe low moods because of my health issues but seeing mice running in my property is the final straw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I am a registered nurse but currently not working due to these issues and waiting for a partial knee replacement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_IMG_8501-2jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"Heaps of rubbish in Wattville Road, Handsworth\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Heaps of rubbish in Wattville Road, Handsworth\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Heaps of rubbish in Wattville Road, Handsworth(Image: )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The property next to me is empty, so it has been used as a dumping ground outside for rubbish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I am at the end of my tether. This needs to be sorted out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Yes, we have had bad weather, but this is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Parents passing with children have to use the road as the pavement is covered with filth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;This is directly next to my home. The same home I have lived in for 32 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;How are they allowed to continue striking for so long?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;As a nurse, I would never let my patients down for the sake of a few more pounds; enough is enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">BirminghamLive contacted <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-council\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham City Council<\/a> who confirmed rubbish would &#8216;be cleared&#8217; from the Handsworth street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Cllr Majid Mahmood, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport, said: &#8220;We are deeply concerned to hear about the distress this resident is experiencing and take these matters very seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The well-being of our residents is our top priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We have immediately escalated this case, and the waste has been cleared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham<\/a> City Council&#8217;s contingency plan for strike action provides enough capacity to provide a kerbside waste collection to every household in Birmingham every week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;People should present their waste for collection outside of their own homes and not outside other properties &#8211; even if those properties are empty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Our Waste Enforcement Unit can investigate incidents like this in order to keep areas clean and to enforce waste regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Council responded after the Handsworth street was covered in bags of rubbish Wattville Road in Handsworth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,984,748,393,4884,13844,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-701581","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-great-britain","13":"tag-handsworth-and-soho","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115909145866086354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701581","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=701581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}