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A private waste collector has told how he can't keep up with enormous demand after bin strikes caused mountains of rubbish to pile up in Birmingham. Mr Casey, who runs HULK Cleaning and Clearance Services, said he is called out as many as 30-times a day just to remove bin sacks which are building up on residential streets and attracting huge rats. Prior to the strike action, which began on March 11, he said on average he was called out five times a day to clear mainly industrial debris.
Now his and his team of eight collectors drive around Birmingham clearing household waste at £2.50 a sack. He told MailOnline: 'Business has been great over the last month, I'm not going to lie, it's been really, really busy.
We're always on the go. 'It's a simple issue really, either someone is going to pay to have rubbish collected privately or they're not and at the moment the number of people doing so has increased dramatically. 'I get up to 30 calls a day just from people wanting the sacks of rubbish cleared from outside their home because it's becoming a health hazard.
Private refuse collector Matt Casey says he and his team can't keep up with demand in Birmingham as the city groans under the weight of uncollected rubbish City streets are overflowing with rubbish after Birmingham City Council refuse workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute over changes to staffing Residents have reported encountering rats pilfering the rubbish - some reportedly the same size as small cats 'That's on top of the other callouts myself and my team are doing, including skip removal and industrial clearances. 'Before the bin strike, myself and each collector would do five jobs a day mainly and it was usually removing large industrial items. 'Now the majority of the calls are from householders or landlords wanting the streets outside their properties cleared.
' While business is booming, he has maintained the same prices for his collections, resisting the temptation to hike...
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