Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox The number of being fined for littering offences in Greater Manchester has plummeted during the pandemic.
Exclusive data shows a 27% fall in the number of fixed penalty notices handed out by councils across Greater Manchester to people for dropping rubbish.
The figures have been revealed as part of InYourArea.co.uk’s Don't Trash Our Future campaign - launched in summer last year, which aims to address the epidemic of littering in the UK.
A survey conducted then, of more than 7,500 people, found 85% saw litter as a big or major issue in their area, and almost two-thirds (64%) thought levels got worse as lockdown restriction eased.
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