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Decay. There is no other word for it: a preview of the tougher, almost frightening times, that lie ahead. Rubbish has piled up over the best part of a fortnight, leaving Edinburgh and Glasgow looking like a rubbish dump.
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Locals sit amid piles of refuse in Glasgow, Scotland. A major clean-up is under way in Scotland after a first wave of strikes by council bin workers came to an end.Credit:Latika Bourke
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Refuse piled on the street in Glasgow, Scotland. Unions launched industrial action on August 18 in the middle of the Edinburgh Festival, in a pay dispute with local government body Cosla. Credit:Latika Bourke
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A major clean-up is under way in Scotland after a first wave of strikes by council bin workers came to an end. Credit:Latika Bourke
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Refuse overflowing on the street in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Latika Bourke
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City of Edinburgh council has warned that residents would not have their full backlog of waste collected before the next industrial action.Credit:Latika Bourke
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Refuse piled on the street in Glasgow, Scotland. Public Health Scotland has warned of a human health risk from overflowing waste.Credit:Latika Bourke
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People are being asked to store their waste "a little longer" while waste and recycling staff catch up.Credit:Latika Bourke
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The 140,000 households that have kerbside pickups in Glasgow will have landfill waste and dry recycling waste collected on alternate weeks.Credit:Latika Bourke
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Unions had been seeking an agreement from Cosla similar to the one made to council workers in England - which included a £1925 flat rate pay increase.Credit:Latika Bourke
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Industrial action escalated last week when refuse workers at a further 20 local authorities walked out despite the revised 5 per cent offer. Workers in 13 areas, including Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee, are still on strike until Wednesday.Credit:Latika Bourke
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Bagged rubbish on the footpath in Glasgow, Scotland.Credit:Latika Bourke
