Why is there so much litter on the streets in Manchester?

What you say is actually true! It's due to a combination of budget cuts, poor litter management and attitude. It's worse on the weekends, as people partying through the night will often spill out into the streets and leave bottles and kebab trays on the floors and are too drunk to consider dropping them in bins. read more

On a recent visit to Manchester I walked down Oxford Road. The thoroughfare is the haunt of students, there being two universities along it, Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan. I do not recall a filthier street anywhere, and I have visited more than 80 countries. read more