Strike over pay leaves city centre bins overflowing, disrupting arts festivals and providing food for vermin Heritage leaders have warned that Edinburgh faces a sharp increase in rat infestations after a refuse workers' strike resulted in mountains of food waste, overflowing bins and rubbish accumulating in the city centre. The city's refuse workers started a 12-day strike last week in an attempt to force Scottish co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07PM on August 23, 2022