Rubbish

The late former councillor Frank Finlay

Former mayor remembered as ‘a character’ who will be ‘deeply missed’

The waste was discovered at Humphrey Street Park in Lower Gornal

'Disgraceful': Fly-tippers leave popular park covered in rubbish

Local resident Ian Johnson standing next to the tree that has nappies on it.

Furious Smethwick residents say dirty nappies being thrown into tree

Fly-tipping near Gnosall

Councillor speaks out after fly-tipping prompts fines

Akbor Ali, in Caledon Street, Walsall.

Plus Social housing landlord spent £550,000 cleaning up after fly-tippers

Cllr Damian Corfield was a big fan of pop-up tips but now they seem destined for the bin in budget cuts. Picture Dudley MBC handout free for LDRS use

Black Country pop-up tip dates announced - see the full list

The horrendous amount of fly-tipping at Morrisons, Wallows Lane, Walsall.

Horrendous amounts of rubbish fly-tipped on Morrisons car park

Abberley Street in Birmingham, near the border with Smethwick

Fly-tipper dumped rubbish then claimed 'my friend told me I could'

Birmingham Tory leader Robert Alden.

New council leaders urged to ‘save’ weekly bin collections

City councillors Jill Desayrah and Ed Kimberley have started a petition saying the shopping area in Warndon too often looks a mess.

Call for bigger bins to stop rubbish overflowing in West Midlands city

In pictures: Fun at outdoor pool after thousands visit amid heatwave

Huge amounts of rubbish has been piled up and left outside a closed down fish and chip shop in Wednesbury.

'It's disgusting': Rubbish piled high outside closed down chip shop

A Wolverhampton councillor has blasted the amount of litter left behind at the city’s free outdoor pool. (Photo: Councillor Sohail Khan)

'Carnage' at free outdoor pool as huge amounts of litter left behind

Dudley Council's leader slams NHS in waste row

Rubbish is piling up next to Sedgley Community Centre

Rubbish piles up outside Sedgley Community Centre

Volunteer litter pickers on Reservoir Road, Cannock Chase

Gas cylinders and car battery among rubbish outside primary school

A “lovely” waterway in Oldbury connected to a historic canal is being “blighted” by “dog poo and rubbish”.

'Lovely' Oldbury pool 'blighted' by 'dog poo, rats and rubbish'
A “lovely” waterway in Oldbury connected to a historic canal is being “blighted” by “dog poo and rubbish”.
Isabella Boneham

The Birmingham Live Hustings. Left to right: Shakeel Afsal (Independent), Robert Alden (Conservative), John Cotton (Labour), Roger Harmer (Liberal Democrats), Nosheen Khalid (Independent), Jex Parkin (Reform UK) and Julien Pritchard (Green Party)

Bin strike pledges made at Birmingham hustings - but fury remains

Nelu Marius Putulan pleaded guilty to depositing without an environmental permit of controlled waste on land

Fly-tipper who made ‘stupid decision’ after dumping rubbish is fined

Wolverhampton bin collections

Everything you need to know about waste collection changes

Dudley Council House

Dudley Council reacts to waste collection complaints from residents

A road in Dudley has been blighted by fly-tipping. (Photo: Contributed)

'This needs to stop': Dudley road blighted by fly-tipping

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Rally to be held to support Birmingham’s striking bin workers

Birmingham council at ‘absolute limit’ of pay dispute offer

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Our street is overrun with huge rats feasting off rotting food. Now binmen have ...

Watch: See the work currently ongoing to build new waste energy plant in Bloxwic...
New aerial images have show the sheer scale of the new Walsall Energy From Waste facility in Bloxwich.
James Vukmirovic

Rubbish dropped by balloon lands on South Korea’s presidential compound

South Korea says North has launched more rubbish-filled balloons across border

Raheem Sterling’s Chelsea future in doubt while pundits criticise his statement

Rubbish dropped by balloon on South Korea’s presidential compound

Birmingham Bears' Moeen Ali keen to get going as he gears up for Rapids

Rubbish will pile up without improved pay offer, union warns

Ambitions to heat homes in Walsall by burning rubbish at new waste-to-energy pla...

Stephen Hendry ‘fined’ by snooker chiefs after Masked Singer absences

Identity of Rubbish revealed as another celebrity leaves The Masked Singer

Fire warning not to take barbecues and cookers into parks as heatwave looms

Young pageant star Kayla's kind-hearted fundraiser

Their lives in our hands

Anger at mass Tettenhall gathering as rubbish dumped at parks across the region

Fly-tipping blights Wolverhampton streets after closure of tips

Walsall tips to stay closed for now during coronavirus lockdown

Rubbish piling up outside homes after 'unofficial' bin strike

Fire-ravaged Smethwick factory at risk of collapse

Festivals should be fined if they don’t meet green standards – study

Rubbish dumped in Walsall following Birmingham bin strike

Caught short? This public toilet opened after campaign forced to shut by vandals

What a stink! Fly-tippers dump foul-smelling waste near homes

Glastonbury Festival working to ban plastic bottles, says Emily Eavis

Travellers' caravans move off New Square shopping centre car park in West Bromwi...

It stinks! Rubbish and anger pile up after council says no to a bigger bin

PICTURES: Travellers leave rubbish strewn over Black Country play area

Chairs, carpets and clothing: Outcry as Oldbury road hit by fly-tipper

'Rubbish and excrement everywhere': Disgust at mess left by travellers in West B...

Dudley bin collection changes bid defeated

IN PICTURES: Diggers move in on huge Brierley Hill rubbish mountain

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