rubbish

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Throughout the dispute, the council has employed agency workers to collect household waste, but at times, piles of rubbish have grown on pavements and street corners while many bins overflow.

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She said rubbish was often dumped directly outside her door, on nearby steps and on surrounding wasteland, blocking drains and creating serious health risks.

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"I look at everything, is it rubbish? Has it got another life? Can I sell it? Should it go to the hospice?" she says.

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Most roads remain closed around the arena, while inside construction materials and rubbish litter the floor.

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The dock blew with cast-off bits of paper and water-slicked rubbish.

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