In pictures: Manchester’s discarded face masks
It’s late in the day, but I have a new lockdown hobby. During my daily walks around Manchester city centre,
Workers swap suits for boots to keep Manchester city centre sparkling
A team of around 45 volunteers, coordinated by the management company CityCo, headed to Piccadilly Gardens and carried out activities including weeding, jet washing, litter picking and cleaning the fountains.
Salford Council splash extra £545,000 on cleaning city’s parks and streets
Salford City Council will be spending an additional £545,000 on cleaning the city’s streets and parks after being urged to act from public feedback.
Manchester council collect £60k litter fines – more than previous four years combined
The council’s mission to keep Manchester clean has resulted in a staggering increase in people being hit with fines, with more offenders last year than the previous four put together.
Manchester’s battle against litterbugs goes digital with charity website launch
Manchester City Council is collecting reports on littering, fly tipping, spillages and eyesores via their homepage, alongside an interesting new website called FixMyStreet.com.
Last laugh: Salford transform legal high canisters littered across city by users into art
Metal cylinders, once containing the potentially lethal ‘legal high’ laughing gas, that are littered across Salford by users are being transformed into a community art project by police officers.
No ifs, no butts: Harphurhey man sees £400 go up in smoke for dropping fag
Christopher Lear, 34, of Carisbrook Street in Harpurhey, received fines of £160, along with £240 in costs and an additional £20 victims of crime surcharge.
A load of rubbish! Manchester council show damage of litterbug shoppers with huge pile of dumped waste
The rubbish used was collected in just three days