Selly Oak, Birmingham, June 30th 2024 - Residential streets in Birmingham have been turned into dumping grounds as students move house at the end of their contracts. Most of the students attend University of Birmingham which is around half a mile from the Selly Oak terraced housing streets. The roads have mainly been bought up by landlords who rent them out to the undergraduates with row upon row of 'For Rent' signs. A few local residents also live in the area, sandwiched in between the young hopefuls and have nicknamed the area 'Smelly Oak'. Credit: Stop Press Media/Alamy Live News
Selly Oak, Birmingham, June 30th 2024 - Residential streets in Birmingham have been turned into dumping grounds as students move house at the end of their contracts. Most of the students attend University of Birmingham which is around half a mile from the Selly Oak terraced housing streets. The roads have mainly been bought up by landlords who rent them out to the undergraduates with row upon row of 'For Rent' signs. A few local residents also live in the area, sandwiched in between the young hopefuls and have nicknamed the area 'Smelly Oak'. Student house contracts typically cease at the end of June and many have to put their items in storage for 1 day as landlords clean thousands of properties. This means items that won’t fit or are no longer loved are either strewn across the pavement or left on the garden wall in hope they are collected by scavengers wandering the streets with shopping trolleys, taking items other people don’t want. The students are at risk of huge fines if the rubbish is reported to the council with fly tipping fines up to one thousand pounds handed to the worst offenders. Some of the items spotted on Sunday included: A deflated orange dinghy, Various pots, pans and plates, A mannequin, A pink cowgirl hat, A set of crutches, A casino table, An inflated banana, Many board games and books, Christmas trees And 2 student essentials, a traffic cone and a shopping trolley. Pavements were piled high with overflowing bins and fly tipped furniture. Bottles and cans of empty alcohol remind us of the good nights that were also had. The situation has also been made worse with Birmingham City Council cutting back on refuse collections due to cuts as they attempt to get out of bankruptcy. The students and community wardens do try and combat some of the waste by running a Junkbusters scheme to collect students’ unwanted clothes, books, and household items to raise money for the charity. ENDS Credit: Stop Press Media/Alamy Live News
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