Disgusted residents are facing "abominable" scenes as streets are overrun with rats and piles of rubbish.
Roxy Ruane is just one woman who has hit out at fly-tipping in the city region as she urged people to have more respect for where they live. After buying her home in 2018, she said it is not what she thought it would be.
Speaking to the ECHO, Roxy - who lives on Bartlett Street in Wavertree - said: "It's awful, we are living in squalor."
