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.