Council workers in the middle of a fly-tipping clean-up operation found some of the dumped rubbish they were about to take away had been flung in a river.
When residents complained about fly-tipped waste on New Coin Street in Royton last Monday (September 27), Oldham council sent a team out to remove it.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , resident Alan Burgoyne said the area has become a fly-tipping hotspot. READ MORE: Spooky aerial shots show what much-loved former Camelot theme park looks like now In passing, he discovered bags labelled as containing hazardous waste among 'commercial freezers'. "There was all sorts there," Alan said. "It looks like massive commercial coolers or fridges, but there's also loads of bags labelled
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