"It's like a slum": Residents blast disgusting fly-tipping in alleyway now "unsafe for their children"
31.05.2022 - 09:51
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Hyde residents have spoken out about "disgusting" fly-tipping in an alleyway on their street, which they describe as unsafe for their children.
A mum, who asked not to be named, said a gated alleyway near her house on Nelson Street in Hyde has been a target for fly-tipping for several months now. Photos show rubbish bags piled up throughout the alleyway, along with large cardboard boxes, dirty mattresses and old furniture.
The area is also attracting rats, cats and dogs who are urinating, defecating and scavenging through the junk. The fly-tipping has gotten so bad, that it has become impossible for the residents to take their bins out to the alleyway every week.
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The mum told the M.E.N.: "This has been an ongoing battle for months now.It started off as just a wardrobe, and now there’s loads of stuff.
"There’s big wooden wardrobes that could fall, glass tables and chairs that are balancing,there’s sanitary waste, dirty nappies,black bags full of food waste. There are cats and dogspooing on the mattresses and quilt covers.
"It’s absolutely disgusting. It looks like a litter tray that has been emptied.
"It’s unpleasant to walk past the alleyway. It's horrible to smell.
"There’s flies and maggots. I can't even take my bins out. I'm heaving as I walk past.
"We don't know who is dumping the rubbish and when. There's new rubbish coming every day.
"It could be anybody - the alleyway gate has been left open sometimes.
"On the other end of the street, we have a lovely communal area with flowers and plants and we sweep it up and keep it clean. But the alleyway is awful and dangerous- we call it the slum."
The mum also described how the