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Striking binmen have caused delays to waste trucks leaving a Birmingham depot again.

Industrial action by Unite the Union members hit bin lorries leaving the Atlas depot in Tyseley today, Friday, December 5, in the long-running and bitter dispute.

Birmingham City Council posted on X: “There are delays this morning with our waste wagons leaving the Atlas depot in Tyseley due to industrial action by Unite the Union.

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“We apologise for the current situation. Please leave bins at the edge of your property (or collection point) we'll collect them asap.”

The Atlast depot in Tyseley served the middle section of Birmingham, from Soho and the Jewellery Quarter in the east, the city centre, Alum R

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