A driver has expressed his disgust over the amount of rubbish dumped at the side of a motorway in Bury.
Video footage taken on the M66 northbound shows waste discarded all along the exit slip road for Pilsworth.
Driver Paul Callaghan, who captured the footage on February 21, described the scene as a "disgrace”.
Posting the video on Twitter, he said: “M66 Pilsworth exit. What a welcome to Bury - it’s a disgrace. The irony of the sign...”
Mr Callaghan said he has raised the issue with his local MP.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , he added: “(I feel) disgust to be honest. It's worse on the right lane as all the HGV's turn right there to go to the industrial estate.
“The irony is the sign. They could have made thousands if they had a camera actually there.”
A spokesman for Highways England said: “The M66 junction 3 to 4 is frequently cleared by our contractors.
“Most recently this area was swept and litter picked on 20 and 21 February, and litter-picking will take place on the junction 3 slip road this weekend.
“We pick litter there routinely, however the simple fact is that if litter wasn’t dropped in the first place it wouldn’t need to be picked up.
“Litter isn’t only unsightly and a risk to wildlife and the environment, but it also puts our workers at risk and diverts time and money that could be better spent on improving the network. We urge road users to be considerate and take their litter home.”
Recently, a councillor pleaded with people not to drop rubbish after finding a discarded 27-year-old crisp packet in Salford.
The discovery was made on Chat Moss in Irlam on February 13.
Lewis Nelson, Labour councillor for Cadishead and Lower Irlam, was out on a litter pick when he found a Morrisons plastic bag under a pile of leaves.
Inside was an empty beer bottle and a 10p crisp packet dated May 15, 1993.
