An investigation is underway after an alleged fly-tipper was ‘caught in the act’ at a problem spot on the fringes of the city centre.
The man can be seen in photos appearing to unloading a yellow bag from his car on Viaduct Street at dusk last week (July 3).
A witness took photos and reported the incident alleged he was ‘adding to an existing fly tip that had been there for weeks’. “There was a sofa and a toilet there,” he added. “Biffa came and cleaned it.
If there’s a lot of rubbish there, people will come and add to it. If they kept the street clean people would not dump on it.” READ MORE: Everything Andy Burnham told Keir Starmer this morning in Downing Street meeting Councillor Lee-ann Igbon, Manchester's executive member for 'vibrant neighbourhoods', has confirmed an investigation is underway. "Fly-tipping is an inexcusable crime that causes environmental damage, is a stain on our communities and an insult to local people who should not have to live in other people's waste,” she said in a statement. "Our Environmental Crimes Team have acted quickly on this recent incident and an investigation is now underway.
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