One woman claimed that someone ‘dumped’ rubbish in her back garden
Rubbish overflowing in bins in Birmingham(Image: Mark Thomas)
A woman is reportedly offering £100 to remove the rubbish which she claims was ‘dumped’ in her back garden.
The woman, who is based in Birmingham, offered the work to someone on website Airtasker which allows people to outsource work in the form of everyday tasks.
Going by the name Chanel C, she said that black bags full of rubbish had been left at her address and that she needed it to be removed.
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She set a price of £100 for the work and multiple people offered their assistance in the comments.
It comes as the bin strike dispute is now in its second year, following months of disruption to waste collection services and unwanted headlines about the city.
Councillor John Cotton, leader of Labour -run Birmingham Council, announced an end to the strike was “within sight” and the local authority was close to settling its dispute with Unite after reaching an agreement.
But he made clear in his statement the pre-election period prevents the council from making a final decision prior to May 7 – the day of the local elections.
This update has been met with scepticism and anger from opposition councillors however, with the council’s Tory group leader describing it as a “pathetic attempt to use taxpayers’ money to hold on to power before [Labour] disappear into the abyss”.
The dispute left frustrated residents without a fully functioning waste collection service and rubbish piling up on streets in some cases.
Elsewhere in the city, one person offered £90 for rubbish removal and another offered £30 for the service.
This was for around 18 black bin bags of general rubbish.
In March, Cllr Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: “The bin strike in Birmingham has gone on for too long. I’m sorry for the disruption this has caused, and I would hope Unite would also want to apologise. It isn’t good enough and we want to end the dispute.
“But let us be clear, the council has made a series of offers to Unite to end the strike, but they have all been rejected.
“We are moving ahead with the implementation of the improved waste service this summer, a service that has been poor for too long.
“This will see the rollout of food waste collections from June this year on a phased basis, along with the return of improved recycling and green waste collection services.
“This will happen regardless of the situation with industrial action to give the people of Birmingham the waste service they deserve.
“My message to those still taking industrial action is simple: come back to work as I want you to be part of this new and improved service. Our door remains open.”