University students dump mountains of rubbish on pavements as they head home for summer

Published: 19:18, 1 July 2026 | Updated: 19:23, 1 July 2026 University students heading home for the summer holidays have dumped mounds of rubbish on the streets. Some streets in Fallowfield, Manchester have been completely blocked off to cars by rubbish piles up to three metres high.  Many of the Manchester University students were leaving houses they have rented for the past year for the last time, and were asked by their council to put all rubbish in bins provided. But with such a mass exodus of students, many moving on the same day, the bins soon became full. Rubbish was therefore left strewn next to the containers and quickly stacked up into mountains of waste. In places, there was so much rubbish, cars could not pass through the streets. Home owners in the area, where Coronation Street-style terraced houses abound, said they were appalled by the students treating the roads 'like rubbish dumps'. One said: 'The end of June is when most student tenancies end so they have to clear their stuff out. Students leaving Manchester have left piles of rubbish in the streets Most will be leaving houses they have rented for the past year, and ditching unwanted clutter to avoid taking it with them Some of the backstreets were completely blocked off by rubbish spilling over from the bins The large bins provided by the council were not large enough to contain all the material 'These houses are occupied by between four and six students each, and they generate an enormous amount of rubbish during their year here. 'Most don't clean up after themselves as they go along so when it's time for them to leave, they have a lot of rubbish to dispose of and it all ends up in the lanes around our homes 'It's disgusting. It becomes a magnet for rats. 'It's surprising how much rubbish a student can accumulate and it all gets dumped on our doorsteps.' Manchester City Council was approached for comment.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.