Jobs at risk as tips face closure
Two tips in the Black Country are under threat of closure in a cost-cutting move, putting nearly 70 jobs at risk, the Express & Star can reveal today.
SITA UK is considering shutting its depots in Neachells Lane, Wednesfield, and Coneygre Industrial Estate, Tipton, and moving all operations to Bordesley in Birmingham.
The sites are commercial rubbish tips and recycling centres, collecting and sorting the likes of bottle banks from across the Black Country.
The company said today it was in talks with workers and would try to relocate as many as possible if the facilities did close. But Caroline Crolley, Unite regional industrial officer, said bosses would only reveal that closing the Wednesfield site would save around £500,000 a year.
She said: "They won't give us any information and the staff want answers. I will be putting all of the workers' questions to them at a meeting on Wednesday."
Around 37 people are believed to work at Wednesfield and about 30 at Tipton.
SITA UK spokeswoman Nicola Dowlen said: "We are currently consulting with staff at our Wolverhampton depot regarding the potential closure of the site. We've also had initial discussions with our staff in Tipton." The firm specialises in business and residential waste disposal and street cleaning.
