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Rubbish piling high across UK as Covid surge delays collections due to staff shortages - Mirror Online
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Birmingham bins not collected across the city as council refuse teams go off sick with Covid | BirminghamWorld
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Rubbish piling high across UK as Covid surge delays collections due to staff shortages - Mirror Online
Birmingham City Council - Our waste crews have been affected by Covid resulting in some of yesterday's (29/12) and today's (30/12) collections being missed. Crews will endeavour to collect missed bins on
Bham City Council on Twitter: "Please leave bins at the edge of your property (or collection point) we'll collect asap. FAQs & report missed bins: https://t.co/P6eeP31oqi https://t.co/amn0089Sa8" / Twitter
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