SWNJbins - by Sarah Ward<br /><br />Shocking pictures showed rubbish piling up on the streets of Edinburgh today (Mon) during a bin strike.<br /><br />Pictures taken close to Waverley Station this morning showed public bins overflowing with black bin liners dumped beside them.<br /><br />Takeaway boxes and food cartons spilled onto the pavement as commuters stepped around the detritus to get to the station.<br /><br />The strike began on August 18 and is due to finish on August 30, targeting the festival season.<br /><br />Unite and GMB unions took action while the City of Edinburgh Council promised a clean-up would happen immediately after.
