A group of litter pickers discovered a shocking stash of drug paraphernalia - including used needles - dumped in a public phone booth.
The volunteers were clearing waste left around Moss Bank Way in Astley Bridge, Bolton, when they found the pile of rubbish, which contained small medical dishes sometimes used by people who inject heroin.
They also picked up other discarded needles left on a verge close to the junction with Blackburn Road.
Coun Hilary Fairclough, Bolton Council's cabinet member responsible for flytipping and environmental regulation, called the discovery of the needles 'disgusting'.
"It's shocking - I couldn't believe it," she said.
"It's absolutely awful to think that sort of thing is happening in there. There's no defence for it."
She went on to explain that the council has made moves to have the phone booth removed but that the process can take some time as BT have to make checks to ensure it is not in regular use.
It is not the first time the Astley Bridge Litter Pickers have discovered drug-related items tipped in the area. They regularly find the metal canisters associated with using 'laughing gas' or nitrous oxide.
But, the group has come up with a novel way of getting rid of the small pellets.
After finding enough of them they are taken away and weighed up for scrap, with any cash then donated to the Woodland Trust.
Coun Fairclough said shop owners had a 'moral responsibility' to be careful who they sell the canisters to.
"They are actually legal to sell so that's a big issues," she explained.
"These people must know they are not selling them to caterers who want to make high quality cream, obviously.
"It's awful because I don't think young people have any idea how dangerous these could be."
