Waste & Resources
Waste management
GMCA is responsible for the management and disposal of municipal waste from Greater Manchester (formerly known as Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority). We handle around 4 per cent of the UKs municipal waste. This is approximately 1.1 million tonnes of waste and recycling each year from over a million households from the metropolitan districts of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford (Wigan operates as a unitary authority and administers its own disposal arrangements).
GMCA receives funding from a levy on the nine Greater Manchester local authorities. The levy funds the operation of a network of waste and recycling management facilities in Greater Manchester including:
- 20 Household Waste and Recycling Centres
- Eight Transfer Loading Stations
- Five Mechanical Treatment and Reception Facilities
- A Materials Recovery Facility
- An Energy Recovery Facility
We also manage one Education Centre, a Solar Farm and four closed landfill sites.
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