Birmingham City Council is set to decide on major changes to bin collections as part of its budget proposals. The authority needs to save £150 million in the next financial year and is pushing ahead with cost-cutting measures, including new collection schedules, higher waste fees, and continued strike action.
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00:00Birmingham residents face significant changes to their waste collections under the council's proposed budget.
00:08A move to Fortnightly Household Waste Collections is expected to begin in some areas by April,
00:14alongside the rollout of a weekly food waste collection and a second recycling bin for paper and cards.
00:21Fees for bulky waste disposal and garden waste subscriptions are also set to rise.
00:27Meanwhile, the ongoing bin strike continues, with workers opposing planned roll changes within the waste service.
00:34The final decision will be made at a council meeting on February 25th.
00:40I think cuts have to be made where they're necessary and where it's best for them to be made.
00:48I think having different recycling bins is quite logical.
00:51They have it in other countries, I think in Japan they have that system,
00:54and it helps a lot with organising and recycling more, if that's part of their initiative.
01:01Yeah, I don't know. With the state of the council right now, I feel like they could do with whatever help they can get,
01:08in a way that inconveniences the people the least.
01:14Well, I think that Fortnightly is really a bad idea, because once in a week is fine, it's about right.
01:21So I wonder how they manage and how they maintain the cleanliness,
01:25and they make it worthy of collecting Fortnightly, but that's really a bad idea.
01:33I think that the cut should be around something else, rather than on the bin collection, especially.
01:37Cleanliness is the mother of all things, so I don't believe that they should go for this.
01:45It's a step too far. Rubbish on the streets just causes a mess, and rodents and things like that.
01:53It's not good for everyone. Yeah, not very good.