Your priorities: rubbish, litter and fly-tipping
Household rubbish and recycling
We’ll empty people’s bins about thirty million times next year, costing about £15.5million.
Disposing of the non-recyclable waste in those bins will cost about £34.5million. But you can help reduce that. For every 1 per cent recycling goes up, that disposal cost falls by over half a million pounds
We’re already recycling more than ever – from under 32 per cent in 2015/6 to more than 50% this year for those with their own wheelie bins.
That’s 30 per cent less waste now going into Manchester’s grey rubbish bins for non-recyclable waste, avoiding more than £7million in waste disposal costs.
Thanks if you’re already helping with the 60,000 tonnes of recycling we hope to collect this year – you’re saving money for services people tell us they care about, like parks, social services and libraries.
You can help save more. See which recycling bin to use
Litter and fly-tipping
People made it clear in our budget consultation that they care what our streets and neighbourhoods look like. Many are proud of what they already do to help keep their area looking good.
Litter and flytipping aren’t just an insult to people who care and make an effort, they also drain resources from essential services.
So, since 2016, we’ve invested in a dedicated fly-tipping action team who:
- Come out to investigate ‘grot spots’ you report; and
- find evidence and prosecute offenders.
So far this year, offences including 2,353 littering fines and 130 fly-tippers prosecuted which have cost offenders over £77,000 and we’ve used legal notices to get 174 untidy plots of land cleared up.
If you see someone doing the wrong thing, please report it at www.manchester.gov.uk/environment