The staggering number of shopping trollies dumped in the River Irwell is raising the riverbed
Shameful photographs reveal the staggering number of dumped shopping trollies recovered from a stretch of the River Irwell during a community litter pick.
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He said the number of trollies recovered from the Irwell on the day was an 'incredible' amount. "We do pull some things out of rivers, but that must be some sort of record, all those trollies," Mr Frost told the Manchester Evening News.
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