Communities minister Jim McMahon said “significant progress” has been made in trying to deal with the tonnes of rubbish left to build up on the streets of Birmingham following strikes. Report by Chahalb. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We have been providing intensive support to the Council in its efforts to address the
00:03backlog of waste that has been building up on the city's streets.
00:07Significant progress has been made in the last fortnight, through a concerted effort
00:12and with the assistance of other councils, private operators and the endeavour of many
00:17hundreds of determined workers who have worked extremely long hours.
00:21The result?
00:2226,000 tonnes of excess waste have been removed and the levels are now approaching normal.
00:28More than 100 bin trucks are out every day and regular bin collections have resumed.
00:33The Council continues to monitor the situation closely to ensure that waste does not build
00:37up again.
00:38But as we have made clear repeatedly, Unite should suspend the strike, they should accept the
00:42deal and they should bring this dispute to an end.