Delivering source separation in an urban environment Brussels - 29 th January 2016 John Bland (Treasurer and Deputy Clerk)

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority Nine Collection Authorities 2.6 million population 1 million households 50% Detached/Semi 17% Flats 33% Terraced properties 1.1 million tonnes p.a. of municipal waste

The Partnership Behavioural Solution Technical Solution What do we do – Achieving ‘Zero Waste’ Reduce Reuse Recycle/Compost Energy Recovery Disposal Technical Behavioural

Our Aim (by 2017/18) Greater Manchester’s Solution 50% Recycling (to 60% by 2025) 75% Guaranteed landfill diversion (currently 82%, but aspiration to 90%+) Green Energy Targets AD, 15,000 MWh TRF, 48,000 MWh TPS, 424,000 MWh plus 64 t hr steam Achievements to 2014/15 Recycling rate 41% (overall) Landfill diversion 75%

Source Separation Recycling at the Kerbside Recycling at HWRC bring facilities

Integrated Process

Source Separation Scale The Statistics Total Waste – 1.1 Million tonnes Waste Kerbside Collection of recyclables – 90K tonnes paper/card – 90K tonnes mixed recyclables – 170K tonnes garden/food waste Household Waste Recycling Centres – 68K dry recyclables – 18K Garden waste – 46K Rubble – 85% diversion from landfill

Potential at the Kerbside

Sorting at the MRF

Sampling Regulations Aluminium Year 1 (Oct to Sept) Industry Contamination Limit

Sampling Regulations PET Year 1 (Oct to Sept) Industry Contamination Limit

Residual Waste 5 MBT plants (4 with AD) – Upto 500k tonnes capacity – Currently 420k tpa input and around 275K Solid recovered fuel output – Minimum landfill residues Ineos Chlor – Refined SRF (low and high CV) – Electricity and steam – 325K reserved capacity Bolton TRF – 90K capacity – Electricity only

Transport RDF transported to Runcorn by rail, equivalent to 16,000 HGV journeys

Communications What they need to do?

Communications Why they need to do it?

Markets

Why 50% Recycling Markets (particular plastics) Cost of food waste (optimal system is costly, biobags, indoor caddies etc.) Property type – flats and terraced houses lack storage space and ownership Demographics – Transient populations, poor areas with more important issues, language Participation and recognition – e.g. 80% participate and with 80% accuracy equals potential to recycle 65%

Separate collection very much work in progress Our 3 point plan 1.“tell them” - communicate and engage in a targeted way with our citizens 2.“stop and think” – by restricting the residual bin capacity (c 70 litres a week) 3.“recycling is a social norm” – targeted and proportionate enforcement

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