Unequal pain of Birmingham’s bin strike | Letters

Penny Smith has experienced very few missed collections, while Sam Baker suggests reasons why posher areas of the city may be cleanerIt’s understandable that people living in poorer areas of Birmingham feel frustrated as their rubbish piles up high, while wealthier households can pay to have rubbish removed privately (‘The posh areas get cleared’: bin strikes illustrate Birmingham’s wealth gap, 18 April). What is less understandable is that, as a householder in one of these luckier areas, in reality I haven’t had to pay for the rubbish to be removed because we have experienced very few missed collections. We have put our bin out throughout the strike and it has usually been collected.We haven’t paid for private collection and I am not aware of any neighbours doing so either. It is evident that the pain of the bin strike is not being spread evenly and you have to wonder why.Penny SmithBirmingham Continue reading...

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