Crap Towns / Eccles / Pollution incidents
How often does Eccles get polluted?
3 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Eccles or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 360th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in November 2022 and put commercial waste and household waste on the land and in the air.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2022 | Commercial waste and household waste | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| January 2021 | Soil and clay | On the land | Significant |
| June 2020 | Building rubble | On the land | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Salford | 5.2 km | 4 |
| Eccles | – | 3 |
| Urmston | 3.7 km | 3 |
| Old Trafford | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Clifton | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Irlam | 5.7 km | 1 |
| Stretford | 5.2 km | 1 |