Birmingham plans to resume bulky waste collections after strike

Summarised from 3 outlets · 5 reports · Updated 22 Oct, 14:58 · Archive

Birmingham's bulky waste collections, suspended during last year's bins strike, are planned to resume in the near future.

Birmingham's bulky waste collections, suspended during last year's bins strike alongside recycling and garden waste services, are planned to resume in the near future.

Chris Smiles, head of waste and logistics at Birmingham Council, confirmed the plans at a council meeting this week. He said: 'Hopefully the plan that we'll hopefully be presenting will look to bring bulky collections back as quickly as possible as part of the next phase of the transformation should we get the relevant sign off.'

Smiles acknowledged that the service would not immediately return to pre-strike capacity. He stated: 'Just to manage your expectation, obviously we're still working within industrial action so we probably won't be able to work at the capacity that we did pre-industrial action. But we're proposing to offer a service that will allow residents to have some collections.'

Cllr Harris Khaliq, a member of the minority coalition that took over the council in summer, told the meeting that conversations have been taking place on how bulky waste can be reintroduced. Labour councillor Mick Brown said that response would be 'reassuring' for residents.

The bulky waste plans form part of broader ambitions to transform the city's waste service. Two pilots were launched this year, with one in the north of the city involving the collection of household rubbish changing from weekly to fortnightly, alongside the introduction of a second recycling bin and food waste collection.

How it is being reported

• Birmingham bins boss says there won’t be ‘two tier system’The draft report – published on the council website by mistake – proposed that a raft of changes to Brum’s waste service should be implemented city-wide.Birmingham World · 22 Oct, 14:45
• Birmingham bins boss says there won’t be ‘two tier system’The draft report – published on the council website by mistake – proposed that a raft of changes to Brum’s waste service should be implemented city-wide.Express & Star · 22 Oct, 14:45
• Birmingham bulky waste collections 'will be coming back' after bin strike disruptionBirmingham's bulky waste collections were suspended last year amid the bins strikeBirminghamLive · 22 Oct, 14:08
• Plans to resume bulky waste collections in Birmingham in 'near future'This particular service, alongside recycling and garden waste collections, was suspended last year as the bins strike took a toll on both the council and the city.Birmingham World · 22 Oct, 13:36
• Plans to resume bulky waste collections in Birmingham in 'near future'This particular service, alongside recycling and garden waste collections, was suspended last year as the bins strike took a toll on both the council and the city.Express & Star · 22 Oct, 13:36

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