Bin day a regular nightmare in York street
	10:19am Sat 19 May 07
	RUBBISH strewn over the street, wagons swerving in the road and people forced to step over piles of bin bags - just a usual bin day in York's Poppleton Road.
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	York’s recycling 'going well'
	7:04pm Thu 26 Apr 07
	YORK'S environment boss said fortnightly bin collections are proving a success, despite a new report placing the city well down a national recycling league table.

	Lifting the lid on rubbish collection
	8:39am Mon 19 Mar 07
	Scrapping weekly bin collections has sparked a storm of controversy across the UK. Parts of York have been under a regime of fortnightly visits since October 2005. Reporter Haydn Lewis reports on the waste war.

Rise in rats blamed on bin changes

10:11am Thursday 14th December 2006

RAT infestations have increased in York since weekly bin collections were scrapped, new figures have revealed.

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Bin Brother won’t watch us

9:24am Wednesday 30th August 2006

"BIN Brother" tactics using concealed bugs in wheelies to spy on what thousands of people are throwing away are not on the cards for York, a city chief has confirmed.

‘We want our bins back’

7:42am Tuesday 22nd August 2006

FRESH controversy surrounds the city's green bin scheme after the council made moves to remove some from a York street.

District smashes recycling target

10:26am Saturday 3rd June 2006

ECO-FRIENDLY Ryedale residents have pushed recycling levels to more than 40 per cent.

Residents urged to play a part

10:23am Saturday 3rd June 2006

INCREASES in York kerbside recycling mean a North Yorkshire waste plant is the busiest it has ever been.

New mum's fury as rubbish is left piled up outside her home

10:59am Monday 22nd May 2006

THE mother of a new-born baby has blasted council chiefs after claiming binmen left with her 20 bags of rubbish sitting for days outside her York home.

Wheelie bins shortage set to ease

11:00am Tuesday 16th May 2006

YORK'S wheelie bin shortage was set to ease today with the expected delivery of fresh supplies to the council.

New system wins Minister's approval

11:00am Tuesday 4th April 2006

THE controversial decision to scrap weekly household waste pick-ups in York has been backed by Ministers.

York rubbish collection anger

11:01am Tuesday 14th March 2006

THOUSANDS of telephone calls from York residents frustrated with new waste collection pick-ups went unanswered in the wake of the scheme's launch, it was claimed today.

It's bin missed!

11:06am Wednesday 8th March 2006

MISSED bin collections have soared in York since the introduction of alternate weekly waste pick-ups, a leading councillor has claimed.

Labour claims bin 'farce' cost taxpayers £23,000

11:09am Monday 6th March 2006

THE "total farce" which saw the controversial scrapping of weekly household waste pick-ups cost York taxpayers £23,000, a leading councillor has claimed.

Tax on rubbish ruled out

11:13am Tuesday 14th February 2006

PLANS to charge people a "rubbish tax" for producing too much waste can be avoided in York, says the council's environment chief.

Crushing win for city team

11:14am Tuesday 7th February 2006

FIVE new vehicles which will allow York council workers to add plastic bottles to the city's kerbside recycling scheme have been unveiled.

Date is set for twin bin return

11:16am Friday 3rd February 2006

MORE than 7,000 people signed up to an Evening Press petition protesting at the changes.

New collections system `backed'

11:17am Wednesday 4th January 2006

CITY residents are backing the abolition of weekly household waste pick-ups, a top York councillor claimed today - as he unveiled a budget plan banking on a 50 per cent increase in recycling.