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United Kingdom : The Greater Manchester Combined Authority appoints SUEZ as new contractor for Greater Manchesters waste and resources management services
Publish Date : 06-Jun-2019
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has signed new operating contracts with SUEZ for the management of Greater Manchesters waste and resources, following an 18 month procurement process.
SUEZ will manage 1.1 million tonnes of municipal waste from over 1 million households across nine Greater Manchester boroughs with a combined contract value of over 1 billion. GMCA is looking forward to working with SUEZ to focus on significantly increasing recycling rates and diverting over 96% of Greater Manchesters municipal waste from landfill.
The two contracts include the operation of forty one facilities over 24 sites including, four mechanical treatment and rail head reception facilities, twenty household waste recycling centres, eight transfer loading stations, the Bolton thermal recovery facility and a materials recovery facility. SUEZ will offer residents improvements to their household waste recycling centres and will also recycle a wider range of items, including carpets and mattresses. There are no changes planned to residents household waste and recycling collection services, which will continue to be delivered by the nine borough councils.
Cllr Allison Gwynne, Chair of the GMCA Waste and Recycling Committee, said, We are extremely pleased with the result of the procurement process and are confident that our new partnership with SUEZ will provide opportunities to enable us to increase recycling of household waste which is key to moving towards a more circular economy. This is another step towards making Greater Manchester one of the leading Green City regions in the UK.
