00:00Just weeks after Birmingham cleared thousands of tonnes of waste under emergency powers,
00:08piles of black bags are back on the pavements.
00:11Kitchener Road in Selly Park is once again littered with fly-tipped rubbish.
00:16Residents report rats scuttling at night, foxes tearing through bin bags and a stench that clings to the air.
00:23On Pershaw Road, communal bins overflow and pavements line with torn sacks and scattered litter.
00:30It's a visual reminder that Birmingham's bin strike is far from over
00:34and that whatever temporary fix was found in March, it hasn't held.
00:38The council says the current disruption is the result of picking line protests at waste depots.
00:44Unite the Union is still in dispute with the city over plans to scrap the Waste Recycling and Collection Officer role.
00:50They say the change would push some workers towards near-minimum wage.
00:54The Labour-run council insists it made a fair and lawful offer
00:58and won't risk reigniting equal pay liabilities by backtracking.
01:02Meanwhile, West Midlands Police has confirmed it scaled back its presence at depots.
01:07Section 14 powers used earlier this year to keep picking lines behind barriers are no longer in effect.
01:13The force says the legal threshold has not been met.
01:16Councillor Roger Harmer warns that delights in enforcement could have dragged the city back to the crisis point declared in March.
01:24But others argue that heavy policing of lawful protest sets its own risks.
01:29So, who decides when the mess is too much?
01:32Residents say they're tired of whiting, tired of seeing their streets treated as collateral
01:37and tired of hearing that the blame lies elsewhere.
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