by Nikki Brown | Mar 26, 2026 | Sustainable Living
The University of Manchester has announced that all of the waste managed under central contracts has been diverted from landfill. This milestone has been achieved through years of planning, negotiation, and operational consideration, with landfill targets built into...
by Nikki Brown | Oct 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Nine Greater Manchester boroughs have widened the remits of their plastic recycling to include more items. Residents in Bury, Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford can now recycle pots, tubs and trays within their mixed...
by Nikki Brown | Sep 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Residents are being encouraged to recycle their old, damaged or unwanted clothes instead of throwing them away as part of the new #CottonOn campaign from Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM). Each year thousands of tonnes of textiles are thrown away in Greater...
by Nikki Brown | Sep 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
This September Tameside residents are being encouraged to Think Green and reduce the food, clothes and other waste that ends up in their refuse bin. Each year 33% of all food produced globally is lost or wasted, along with £140 million worth of used but still wearable...
by Nikki Brown | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the largest waste disposal authority in the UK, has extended its recycling and waste management contracts with SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK until 2034. The original seven-year contracts were signed in 2019, with the...
