Members of the Unite, GMB and Unison trade unions are taking part in the action which hopes to win a significantly improved pay offer for local government staff.
GMB Scotland organiser Kirsten Muat explained: “Waste will pile up for the remainder of the festival and when people ask why we will tell them: GMB members are not prepared to accept working poverty in our local services as an inevitability even if our political leaders are.
“These strikes are a direct response to the failures of Cosla and the Scottish Government over the last six months to recognise the impact of this cost-of-living crisis on our members and to bring forward a pay offer worthy of their consultation.”
Pictures show the strikers protesting outside the council offices as well as litter building up on the streets.
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Edinburgh bin strike: Pictures show the strikers picket outside the Council offices as 11 more days of industrial action planned in the Capital Photo: PA
2. Bins in Cockburn Street in Edinburgh
Workers at waste and recycling depots across the city have rejected a formal pay offer from councils body Cosla of 3.5%. Photo: Andrew Milligan
3. People at a rally outside Edinburgh City Council chambers
Workers gathered this morning to protest. Photo: Andrew Milligan
4. Bins in Cockburn Street
GMB Scotland organiser Kirsten Muat said: “This strike is locked-in but if political leaders want to curtail its impact and avoid the prospect of more strikes across more councils in the weeks to come, then they must urgently make a significantly improved pay offer.” Photo: Andrew Milligan