Anger is growing after more scenes of rubbish dumping and fly-tipping in areas of Liverpool as students head home for the summer.
Images of huge piles of rubbish and overflowing bins have been pictured in different parts of the city that have high levels of student housing. Many university students have left or are in the process of leaving their properties and heading home for the summer holidays.
Earlier this week the ECHO featured a shocking image of mess left in Woodcroft Road in the Picton area, where students have also been vacating their properties. But these issues have been reported in a number of different locations.
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City councillor Nick Small reported on some grim scenes in the Kensington Fields area of his ward, on the outskirts of the city centre. Kensington is an area known for having a high density of student housing.
Sharing a number of images of fly tipping, dumping and overflowing bins in the area, Cllr Small said: "This is completely unacceptable and selfish behaviour from a minority of students. We've been working hard with our three universities, student unions and Liverpool Student Homes on educating students about what they need to do when they move out.
"The universities are funding community skips so there's no need for this. We've had to ask for the council to bring in extra waste collections."
Another major mess was reported in the Everton area. The images were sent in by a group of local residents called the Everton Community Action Group. A spokesperson for the group said: "We currently have ongoing issues with waste and vermin as a result of rubbish being left. The waste pictured has been left for three weeks."
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