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      <title>Waste injunction against persons unknown</title>
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      <description>In May 2025 the council obtained an injunction to tackle the obstruction and blockading carried out by Unite the Union.  </description>
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      <title>Christmas and New Year waste collection schedule confirmed</title>
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      <title>Contract signed with Dennis Eagle for 151 new state-of-the-art waste collection vehicles</title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council has signed a contract with vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle for the purchase of 151 new refuse, recycling and food waste vehicles. </description>
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      <title>Christmas waste collection plans - December 2021 and January 2022</title>
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      <description>Details of waste and recycling collections in Birmingham over the Christmas and new year period have been announced.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Independent review into council waste collections is published</title>
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      <description>The findings of the first phase of an independent review into waste collection services are set to be endorsed by Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet on February 11.</description>
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      <title>Fly-tipper jailed for 5 months</title>
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      <description>A man responsible for the dumping of waste in the garden of an empty house in Handsworth has been jailed for 5 months by Birmingham Crown Court today (25 July 2019).</description>
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      <title>Statement on waste dispute settlement</title>
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      <description>The following statement has been agreed by the council and Unite and Unison after the approval of a negotiated settlement by the parties, which ends the recent dispute within the waste service:</description>
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      <title>Waste dispute update: Birmingham City Council’s detailed response to the latest claims from Howard Beckett of Unite the Union</title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council’s detailed response to the latest claims from Howard Beckett of Unite the Union.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Updated contingency plan for bin collections</title>
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      <description>Changes are being made to the contingency plan drawn up for bin collections in Birmingham as industrial action continues.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Waste collection contingency plans announced</title>
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      <description>A contingency plan for waste collections has been finalised following the announcement from Unite regarding its intention to take industrial action within the council’s Waste Management service.</description>
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