Mounting garbage piles in U.K. pose health threats amid strikes
LA TimesGarbage overflows from unattended bins in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland, on Aug. 24, the fourth day of a workers’ strike that is ongoing. The warning from Public Health Scotland came as garbage collectors in Newham, a borough of London, also walked out for a week over a pay dispute. Public Health Scotland told local authorities that the “decontamination of public areas where bins have overflowed may be required.” The agency warned that “if organic waste builds up, it can become a risk to human health.” Garbage collectors walked out Aug. 18 and plan to stay off work until Tuesday. Primary schools and nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, will be forced to close for several days next month if a strike from council workers goes ahead. French lawmakers in the European Parliament complained this week that the raw sewage flushed into rivers and seas by the U.K. threatens swimming, fishing grounds and biodiversity in European Union waters.
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