For the latest Trafford news sign up to the MyTrafford newsletter here A council worker has taken his war on waste to another level and litter picked for the length of an entire marathon, as rates of fly-tipping soared in lockdown.
Mark Dale is an environmental improvement manager for Trafford council and completed a 26.2 mile litter pick over a 10 hour period.
Following the route of the Trafford marathon, he set off from Trafford Town Hall at 6am on Friday June 11 and collected litter through Old Trafford, Trafford Park, Sale, Altrincham, Urmston and Stretford before making his way back to the Town Hall.
Mark completed the challenge as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s annual Great British Spring Clean campaign. Since the start of the pandemic,
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