LONDON — Stinking stacks of trash on the streets of Edinburgh are threatening the health and security of the public, a health authority cautioned Saturday as strikes by trash collectors in the Scottish capital moved into their ninth day.
The caution from Public Health Scotland came as trash collectors in Newham, a district of London, likewise strolled out for a week over a pay disagreement.
Images of food waste and diapers decomposing on the streets is simply including to scenes of turmoil in U.K. as commercial conflicts increase inthemiddleof skyrocketing food and energy expenses. Bathers in the U.K. were cautioned last week to stay away from lots of beaches as heavy rain flushed raw sewage into rivers and seas.
Public Health Scotland informed regional authorities that the “decontamination of public locations where bins have overruned might be needed.” It cautioned that “if natural waste develops up, it can endupbeing a threat to human health.”
Garbage collectors strolled out on Aug. 18 and strategy to stay off work till Aug.30 Even more strikes lay ahead if the pay disagreement is not solved.
Britain is dealingwith a huge cost-of-living crisis, with wage increases stoppingworking to keep up with inf