Not since March 11 have the trash been collected, and on Monday, the latest mediation attempts also ended without an agreement.
At the core lies a proposal from the municipality to introduce uniform waste fees and to reduce staffing, in practice with one person per garbage truck, reports BBC.
But the waste handlers' union is putting up a tough fight, among other things after having achieved an agreement in 2017, following a seven-week strike, that certain services cannot be removed.
And while the talks are ongoing, the garbage piles are growing and the residents are becoming increasingly irritated.
The sight, the smell, the noise, this must come to an end. It's embarrassing, says a resident, Kamran Khursheed, to BBC.
This is England, it shouldn't be like this.
