{"id":55750,"date":"2024-01-15T07:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T07:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=55750"},"modified":"2024-01-15T07:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T07:15:34","slug":"uk-rat-infestation-explosion-looms-as-cash-strapped-councils-cut-bin-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/15\/uk-rat-infestation-explosion-looms-as-cash-strapped-councils-cut-bin-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Rat infestation explosion looms as cash-strapped councils cut bin collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48193\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rats-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rats-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rats-770x577.jpg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rats-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rats-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">C<\/span>ash-strapped councils are fuelling residential rat infestations and putting public health at risk by reducing bin collections to cut costs, pest controllers have warned.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/rat-infestation-explosion-looms-as-cash-strapped-councils-cut-bin-collections\/ar-AA1mX5W7?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=LCTS&amp;cvid=20b950fd45524520bda7c03362556461&amp;ei=97\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Cash-strapped councils are fuelling residential rat infestations and putting public health at risk by reducing bin collections to cut costs, pest controllers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bin-mens-strike.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55751,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55750\/revisions\/55751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}