Greater Manchester Combined Authority

GMCA

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E50000005

Authority Type: WDA[1]

Country: England

Region: North West

Disposal Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Population[2] 2,474,149
Land Area (ha)[3] 108,781.01
Population per ha 22.744

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 20
Population per HWRC 123,707
Land Area per HWRC 5,439.05

Authority Reported Metrics

For reporting period (Financial Year April to March): 2022-23


Ranked Metrics

Metric Indicator Ranking
Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (%) (Ex NI192) 50.2 66
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 369.5 205

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 1,053,471
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 519,250
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 534,221
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 16,915
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 953,180
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 478,552
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 255,913
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 222,639
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 474,628
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 319,946
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 79,539
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 58,228
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 16,915
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 100,291
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 40,698
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 59,593
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 11,021
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 557,264
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 22
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 519,250
  To Other Routes (tonnes) −8,216
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 470,690
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 421.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 1.3


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[4]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Green waste Windrow or other composting S E D Services Ltd Bryn Hall Farm, Bryn Gates Lane, Bamfurlong, Wigan, Lancashire Green garden waste only 13293.81
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, Bredbury, Stockport NA 165974.95
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Longley Lane, Sharston, Manchester NA 94871.87
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Cobden Street, Salford NA 89373.39
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Raikes Lane, Raikes Lane Industrial Estate, BOLTON NA 82581.96
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd North Manchester Transfer Loading Station and Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant, Reliance Street, Newton Heath, Manchester NA 76014.37
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Runcorn EFW, Barlow Way, Cheshire NA 56729.57
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Redgate Holdings Limited Redgate Lane, Gorton, Manchester NA 28501.68
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Multiple destinations Multiple NA 17232.90
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Arkwright Street, Oldham NA 8812.97
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Hadfield Wood Recyclers Ltd Lumb Lane, Droylsden, Manchester Wood 42760.47
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) J Dickinson & Sons ( Horwich ) Ltd Transfer Station, Crown Lane, Station Road, Horwich, Lancashire Rubble 40219.41
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Ltd D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - Large Domestic App 10159.73
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Ltd D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - TVs & Monitors 10159.73
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) SAICA Paper UK Ltd Partington Paper Mill, Manchester Road, Carrington, Lancashire Mixed paper & card 9913.38
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Ltd D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire Other Scrap metal 9324.79
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd South Canada Dock, Branch 2 Regent Road, Liverpool, Merseyside WEEE - Small Domestic App 6962.96
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Econpro WDS Ltd (Carpets); 55 Hoghton Street, Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom Carpets 6276.34
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Ltd D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - Flourescent tubes and other light bulbs 3953.13
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Ltd D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - Small Domestic App 3953.13
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd South Canada Dock, Branch 2 Regent Road, Liverpool, Merseyside Other Scrap metal 3678.36
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt EOL Recycling (The Furniture Recycling Group Ltd); Victoria Works, Bonsall Street, Blackburn Mattresses 2832.28

References

  1. Authority Type Abreviations:
    • UTA - Unitary Authority
    • DIS - District
    • MTD - Metropolitan District
    • LBO - London Borough
    • CTY - County Council
  2. Source: ONS mid 2018 projection
  3. Source: Ordnance Survey boundry line data 2019
  4. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.