1. Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority Our Aim is Zero Waste
Councillor Neil Swannick
North West Representative, UK Delegation
EU Committee of the Regions

2. Our Aim is Zero Waste Greater Manchester’s Integrated Solution
Nine Districts
1 million households
1.1 Million tonnes waste
50% recycling by 2015
60% by 2025
Zero waste to landfill

3. Greater Manchester Solution

4. Education is key

5. Facilities (1) 21 Household Waste recycling Centres
4 In vessel Composting
21 Household Waste recycling Centres
Material Recovery Facility
5 Mechanical and Biological Treatment
4 with AD

6. Facilities (2) 2 Green Waste Shredding 4 Education Facilities
7 Transfer Loading Stations
1 Thermal Recovery Facility

7. Combined Heat and Power
SRF from MBT AD used to produce electricity and steam for the Ineos Chlor chemical plant at Runcorn
Two stage (4 line) scheme providing total capacity of 750k tpa.
Phase 1 relates to GMWDA - 375k tpa capacity against waste flow forecast of 275k tpa.

8. Learning from the best
Massive difference between the worst and the best performers in the EU.
Clearer drivers for low performers that can be enforced with penalties e.g. landfill ban on municipal waste.
Learn and apply EU best practice to move medium performers towards the best:
High recycling achievable
Complete coverage with collection systems
Material consistency
Restrictions on collecting residual waste
Bans on municipal waste to landfill
Producer responsibility.

9. EU Support Zero Waste in the EU
Countries with the
lowest municipal waste
have landfill bans
Source: Eurostat ,2012

10. EU Support Product Stewardship
Source: TESCO (2008). Wrap mixed plastics event

11. EU Support Product Stewardship (2)
Recognition that manufacturers, importers, retailers, distributors, governments and consumers have a shared responsibility for the environmental impacts of a product throughout its full life cycle.
50% per cent of UK household waste originally comes from supermarkets, so large Retailers have a huge responsibility.
Move towards responsibility across the supply chain, so that distributors, and sellers take more responsibility for returning end of life goods to manufacturers.
‘Requirement’ for householders and businesses to separate, not a ‘right’ to dispose.

12. EU Support Material Specific Targets
Supply and demand economics too complex to rely on blunt instruments.
Critical materials too widely distributed and arising in small quantities to rely on product based recycling targets.
Technically possible to recover some materials e.g. indium, household polystyrene but not economical.
Complex interaction of material extraction. Demand for one materials leads to increased supply of others.

13. Targeting Resources Scotland’s Carbon Indicator

14. We need Recycling and Energy
Material recycling
Energy
High targets
Product stewardship
Energy financial uplift
Landfill bans
Separation
Collection
Separation technology
Recycling technology
Markets
Cost
Low quality wood
Biowastes
Non recyclable plastics
Worn Tyres
Paper short fibres / contamination
Glass
Metals
Paper and card
Plastics
Textiles
WEEE

15. Waste is a Design Flaw Eco-Innovation Performance

16. Key features of top performers
Strong collaborative R&D.
Culture of innovation.
Networks, direct advice and seed funding.
Culture of resource efficiency.
Strong regulations, targets, caps.
Tax incentives for consumers, tax reduction for consumers, ‘eco vouchers’ to create demand.
Ultimately moving to product based service based models where waste is retained and strong relationship between consumer and supplier exists.

17. Email: cllr.n.swannick@manchester.gov.uk
The Future:
Sustainable Consumption and Production
Councillor Neil Swannick