Residents in Gorton are becoming increasingly frustrated with the increase of fly-tipping over the past few months.
The area has been blighted by problems in the past, with an alleyway between Sunny Brow Road and Chatsworth Road dubbed as 'the worst in Manchester' due to the amount of rubbish being dumped in it.
Robert Dayne, originally from Australia but now living in Gorton, has helped clear sites left strewn with garbage by going around in his free time and cleaning up.
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"You know me and some others in the community try to do our best but it just seems endless, it's really not hard to just take it to a skip," he said.
"This affects people in the whole community, not just houses nearby. People will see this and not want to come back to Gorton again and I'm getting sick of it.
"The area is getting much better but this will always be hanging over our heads if we don't sort it out as soon as possible. Fingers crossed the council can do something soon, I haven't had much time recently!"
Sam Trieck, a resident in Gorton, has had garbage dumped in her garden before as it was connected to a back road.
"People really used to throw whole garbage bags and food over in my garden. It is connected to a very busy road so people will be coming next to it a lot.
"But really? Have you no shame to do this too me? I'm a hard working woman, I did nothing to deserve this. No one has done this for three months but it will happen again.
"Julie Reid [the local Gorton councillor] is doing the best she can, it is the council that is the problem. Even residents living in Gorton don't care anymore."
Councillor Lee-Ann Igbon, Executive Member for Vibrant Neighbourhoods at the council, slammed those fly-tipping in the area.
"I understand the frustrations of the residents when illegal flytipping and dumping takes place in their local environment, it is both unsightly and unhygienic and unfair on local residents.
"We understand that there is an issue near Gorton Park as we have removed rubbish from the area previously. In recent months, our Neighbourhood Team in partnership with the Neighbourhood Compliance Team have evaluated the area and are beginning to run engagement sessions with local residents.
"This work includes making sure the people have access to the proper waste and recycle provisions, information on how to report fly-tipping, and information on bin collections."
She continued: "Our teams work incredibly hard to resolve these types of issues in communities and also to investigate crimes such as fly tipping so that we can gather evidence to bring prosecutions where appropriate.
"There is never any excuse for fly tipping, so we would ask residents to continue to provide us with information or evidence and to contact us via our website, so that we can take action.
"We would also ask residents to take full advantage of their recycling capacity and use the city’s free network of Household Waste Recycling Centres, to get rid of any excess domestic waste."
If you see any sites of fly tipping, you can report it on the Manchester City Council website.
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