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The Birmingham Energy Recovery facility. Tyseley Energy Recovery Facility is a waste incineration plant in Birmingham, UK.It is run by Veolia for Birmingham City Council.. A waste disposal facility and incinerator was on the site before the current building was constructed; having been built by Birmingham City Council and operated by them.
In 2014, Birmingham City Council introduced a £35 a year charge to have a garden waste wheelie bin, which caused huge numbers of complaints [25] These three schemes are now available to most of Birmingham's homes depending on whether they have a garden. The Paper & Garden Waste recycling facility is available to all houses in Birmingham.
The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to the county's seven borough councils, including Birmingham City Council, with some services provided through joint committees. [11] In 1995, New Frankley and the Kitwell Estate were transferred into the city from the parish of Frankley in Bromsgrove District .
Bordesley and Highgate is an electoral ward of Birmingham City Council in the centre of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, covering an urban area immediately to the east of the city centre, including the historic district of Digbeth. The ward was created on 1 December 2017 as a result of boundary changes that saw the number of wards in ...
Birmingham City Council has reached an agreement to settle thousands of historic equal pay claims costing millions, just over a year after effectively going bankrupt.. GMB Union, which brought the ...
Another council is considering a cycling ban in parts of the city centre to prevent the “dangerous combination” of pedestrians and bikes.. Birmingham City Council has become the latest in a ...
In January 2013, work was completed on All Saints Square aiming to improve a deprived area of the city, housing a new Library, Birmingham City Council office and Shard End Post Office, alongside a number of other businesses. The development includes a large onsite car park with local bus services running through the area.
Birmingham was the first city to be named National City of Sport by the Sports Council. [387] Birmingham was selected ahead of London and Manchester to bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics , [ 388 ] but was unsuccessful in the final selection process, which was won by Barcelona .