Rubbish

The rubbish has reportedly been dumped at the house for two years

'The rubbish in my neighbour's garden is ruining my beautiful village'

Thousands of tiny polystyrene balls were spilled meters from the shoreline near Granton Beach last week with fears that they may have contaminated the water.

Local's fury as bean bag microplastics 'deliberately' dumped on beach

Residents of a block of flats on Pennywell Road have urged the council to fix a broken bin store which attracts rats and fly-tippers after being handed a bill to clear the mess.

Residents urge council to fix broken bin store after being billed

Cigarette butts to be Britains 'most pervasive' litter problem

A common pub game could help eliminate UK's biggest litter problem

We spotted a decomposed dead rat when we visited

I visited the area plagued by pests and found dead rats in the street

Rubbish piled up on Beach Road in Sparkhill Birmingham

Watch: Rubbish piles up in streets as bin strike enters third week

Bin hubs have proved controversial in some parts of Edinburgh

Residents could win £100 in Litter Lotto scheme

'Home-owners must take responsibility over flytipping'

Serife Mehmet, 30, said she has often wished to move away from the area due to the extent of the rubbish

Revolting rubbish and nightmare potholes are making my car filthy

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

Video grab from heartbreaking footage showing 'waterfalls' of 3,000 bits of rubbish including drinks cans and Santa hats left by people on Mount Snowdon.

'Waterfall' of rubbish cascades down Mt Snowdon in heartbreaking video

Waste left by travellers at the site at Granton Park Avenue.

Residents left fuming at mess left by travellers

Bilk's Sol Abraham

Boardmasters 2024: Bilk’s Sol Abrahams reflects on Cornish experience

Rubbish in the streets during the Edinburgh festivals in 2022. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

New offer made to council staff in bid to avert next week's bin strike

Overflowing bins were a common sight during previous strike action in Edinburgh in 2022

Scottish Government finds money in bid to avert bin strike
The Scottish Government has come up with more money in a bid to stop next week’s bin strike from going ahead.
Ian Swanson

Doors and general rubbish dumped at the site between Silverknowes and Gipsy Brae in Edinburgh that the travellers had used in June and July.

Residents' fury at mess left by travellers

Edinburgh City Council's Director of Place, Paul Lawrence

New council boss on budgets, bin strikes and empowering staff

Residents urged to take dog poo home if bin strike goes ahead

Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day

Calls for urgent resolution of dispute to avoid bin strike

Overflowing bin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile during the final week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith

Fringe chiefs fear losing sponsorship funding if bin strike goes ahead

Council leaders to ask Scottish Government to fund pay settlement

Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Cammy Day calls for Scottish Government to fund better pay offer

Bin strike looms larger as unions reject latest pay offer

A look back at how bin strikes have impacted Capital streets

Refuse collectors threaten to strike during Festival Fringe

Rubbish piled up on streets of Edinburgh in the summer of 2023 after waste and cleansing workers went on strike.

City bin strike would see ‘rubbish pile up in streets', says union
Edinburgh could see mountains of rubbish pile up on the streets again this summer
Gary Flockhart

Edinburgh Airbnb owners may have to pay for waste collections. Picture: Ian Georgeson.

Missed bin collections blamed on rogue staff taking industrial action

Family-run restaurant say new bin hub 'could threaten' business

Bin hubs placed outside Backstage Barbershop on Lauriston Street

Edinburgh barber blasts council over 'nuisance' bin hubs outside shop

Fly tipped waste dumped at countryside 'hotspot' in South Queensferry

Anger over fly-tipped building waste at countryside 'hotspot'

Different colours of bins in different parts of Scotland can cause confusion, say MSPs. Picture Michael Gillen.

MSPs recommend standardised colours for bins across Scotland

Residents petition against 'detrimental' bin hubs being rolled out across Edinbugh

Angry residents petition against 'detrimental' bin hubs

Joan Neininger & Ken Selway share a kiss at their wedding reception at Hannover Court, Cinderford, Gloucestershire.

‘Lady’ - who married ‘Tramp’ she found going through bins - dies

These pictures show the 'war zone' that greeted a family arriving for the first time at their historic Â£1.5m manor home - after the seller 'gutted' it before completion

Family devastated after new £1.5m home ‘gutted’ by seller be he left

Creepy morgue to be sold at auction with buyers warned to take ‘great care’ inspecting derelict property

Creepy morgue to be sold at auction with price starting at £55,000

See inside the £795k rundown mansion which comes with a health warning

Homeowners could be liable for £50k fine if your neighbour does ‘this’ to your property

Neighbours could land homeowners a £50k fine according to obscure law

The terraced house in Whitnash Grove, Coventry could easily be a smart family home but for one major snag the property has suffered from extensive fire damage inside

House labelled ‘Britain’s filthiest’ sells at auction for £175,000

Stacey Solomon shares cheap 25p cleaning hack for removing limescale

A look at the UK’s most neglected street compared to The Last Of Us

Scottish snooker player Stephen Hendry was the character Rubbish on The Masked Singer.

Stephen Hendry fined by snooker chiefs after TV singing show appearance

Scottish snooker player Stephen Hendry has been revealed as the character Rubbish on The Masked Singer.

Stephen Hendry revealed on The Masked Singer

The Banksy mural in in Lowestoft, Suffolk, after the skip was removed

Removal of part of a Banksy work has now left the mural ‘worthless’

Masked Singer elimination: Piece of Cake’s reason for taking part

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Edinburgh bin strike - your views online

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Keeping Edinburgh clean - your views online

First News: Is Recycling a Load of Rubbish?

Overflowing litter bins are becoming a bigger problem

Edinburgh's streets are dirtier and more littered than they were four years ago,...

Shags on Inchkeith and the Isle of May will be analysed for exposure to toxic pollution leaking from landfill and other sites around the Firth of Forth as part of a £2.3m research project

Study to reveal effects of toxic trash on shags

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We need an urgent Meadows action plan - your views

Ryan Stevenson was honest in his assessment of Hearts' performance against Queen of the South. Picture: SNS

Stevenson's candid Hearts assessment

Susan Morrison appears to be quite fond of Marmite (Picture: Marmite/PA)

The world is running out of Marmite? I need to panic buy! – Susan Morrison

Hibs head coach Paul Heckingbottom's tactics are being questioned by the Easter Road side's fanbase. Picture: SNS

'I'm actually done with the season already' - Hibs fans react to the 2-2 draw wi...

Glasgow's rat problem is significantly higher than in Edinburgh, according to callout statistics. Picture: SoS licence

Glasgow rat problem ‘alarmingly high’ as city sees six times more callouts than ...

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