Warmer weather is set to return for the Bank Holiday weekend after an unsettled start to April in Greater Manchester. According to the Met Office, we can expect temperatures to rise in the coming days.
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Plans which would make it possible to recycle plastic pots, tubs and trays in household bins across nine Greater Manchester councils are being prepared.
Residents cannot currently recycle any plastic items except for bottles in bins collected by the waste authority which covers most councils in the city-region. In Wigan, which has its own arrangement, plastic pots and tubs can be recycled.
But Greater Manchester is now considering whether more plastic could be recycled ahead of a new national waste strategy set to be announced soon. It comes as the city-region's recycling rate remains below 50 pc of all waste.
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Speaking at a waste and recycling committee meeting last week, councillors said residents often ask them why they cannot recycle other types of plastic. Part of the problem is finding companies that would recycle certain materials.
However, according to David Taylor, who is the executive director of the waste and resources team at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), the city-region does not currently have the capacity to process more plastic. Head of engineering and asset management Michael Kelly said the city-region is 'well placed' to meet additional recycling demands if required in the future.
But this could involve creating a new processing plant at the Nash Road site in Trafford Park where there is 'spare land' to build on, Taylor told the committee. The existing Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Sharston is currently capable of processing 90,000 tonnes of material, readying it for recycling, every year.
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Warmer weather is set to return for the Bank Holiday weekend after an unsettled start to April in Greater Manchester. According to the Met Office, we can expect temperatures to rise in the coming days.
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Greater Manchester residents can expect grey skies and rain as the gloomy weather continues well into the weekend.
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