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Carbon and Waste Reduction
Panel
14 March 2019
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Micro Plastic Pollution in the River
Tame
Prof Jamie Woodward & Dr James Rothwell from the University of Manchester and Mark Turner
from GMCA
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Tackling microplastic contamination in the
River Tame
Jamie Woodward and James Rothwell
Department of Geography
The University of Manchester
“A riverbed in Greater Manchester has the world’s
highest recorded level of microplastic pollution”
• Primary microplastics
– Personal care products
– Industrial abrasives
– Industrial powders
– Plastic pellets
– Glitter!
• Secondary microplastics
– Synthetic textiles
– Vehicle tyres
– Wet wipes
– Paints and coatings
– Macroplastics
Microplastics<5 mm
The largest survey of microplastic
contamination in freshwaters
anywhere in the world
Shift the focus from the oceans
to river catchments
Aims• to map the extent of microplastic contamination across the river network
• to quantify channel bed microplastics by type and density
• to explore the impact of flooding on microplastic storage and transport
• to establish the major sources of microplastic input to the fluvial system
Microplastics are stored on the channel bed and form part of the fine sediment store
We can agitate the bed and bring fine sediments and microplastics into suspension
Microplastics are identified and counted in the laboratory
Spring/summer 2015 Spring/summer 2016
Hurley, Woodward, Rothwell (2018)
6350 p kg -1
2810 p kg -1
Source: MEN
The River Irwell on Boxing Day 2015
We also see a striking reorganisation of the microplastic
assemblages reflecting multiple MP sources in urban rivers
Spring/summer 2015 Spring/summer 2016
• Wastewater and sewage effluent discharges
• Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
• Industrial/trade effluent discharges (EA)
• Runoff from roads
• Runoff from farmland
• Bank erosion
• Fly tipping of plastic
Microplastic in rivers
Where do they come from?
Pieces of microplastic (<5 mm) per litre of water
River Tame, Greater Manchester (>1,000)
River Irwell, Greater Manchester (84.8)
The River Tame, near Manchester, has the highest microplastic
pollution yet discovered anywhere in the world
Tackling microplastic
contamination
in the River Tame
• Establish the full extent of contamination
• Identify the main sources
• Establish the timing of MP accumulation
• Make recommendations for intervention
5 Year Environment Plan
Alison Lloyd Walsh
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Greater Manchester - 5 Year Environment
Plan• 5 Year Environment Plan was one of the agreed outcomes from the 2018 Green
Summit. The Plan sets out a bold ambition for GM to be carbon-neutral by 2038,
and a first 5 year plan to put us on track to meet that target.
• It sets out how we will tackle the challenges of climate change and
environmental decline in GM, meeting our environmental responsibilities,
alongside securing our economic future and wellbeing.
• Sets out a range of policies and commitments, as well as proposing actions that
we ALL need to take.
• Scope is broad - covering mitigating climate change by reducing carbon
emissions, improving air quality, using and producing resources more
sustainably, improving the natural environment and increase resilience and
adaptation to the impacts of climate change. In each of these areas, the plan
focuses on those actions that are likely to have the greatest impact.
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Greater Manchester - 5 Year Environment
Plan
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Principles of the Plan
5 Key Principles of the Plan –
A plan that is.1. For all of us – this is a plan for all of us in Greater Manchester and requires urgent action from all of us
to deliver it. This includes actions we all need to take as individuals, as residents, as members of
communities and as employees as well as what we need from our organisations to lead the way. We will
only achieve the aims set out in this plan if everyone agrees to act.
2. Focussed on urgent action – this plan sets out the urgent actions needed now and over the next 5
years to put us on the path towards our ambition. The plan cannot capture everything, so it focusses on
those actions which will have the greatest impact over the next 5 years.
3. Visionary – this plan sets out a long-term vision for our environment to show what our immediate action
will lead to achieving in the future.
4. Ambitious – this plan reflects the scale of the challenges we face. It is aspirational, setting out is what
we all need to do rather than just focussing on actions that are already planned. There will be areas where
we do not yet know whether all our planned actions will be sufficient to meet the challenges we face.
5. Reported on – this plan should drive widespread actions over the next 5 years. The Greater Manchester
Combined Authority (GMCA) will update and report on progress on an annual basis on behalf of the city
region as a whole, against a set of key performance indicators and the actions set out in this plan.
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Purpose and structure of our plan
• The plan sets out:
• - The current state of our environment and the urgent challenges we face
(Section 1).
• - A long-term vision and aims for our future environment (Section 2).
• - The urgent actions we all need to take over the next 5 years to put us on the
right path to realising our long-term vision and aims (Section 3).
• - How we should measure progress in implementing the plan (Section 4).
• - The overall approach we should take to achieving our vision and aims (Section
5).
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WHAT URGENT CHALLENGES ARE WE
FACING?
• Challenge 1: Our contribution to mitigating climate
change
• Challenge 2: Our air quality
• Challenge 3: Our production and consumption of
resources
• Challenge 4: Our natural environment
• Challenge 5: Our resilience and adaptation to the
impacts of climate change
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WHERE DO WE NEED TO GET TO? A
long-term vision for our environment*
• We want Greater Manchester to be a clean, carbon neutral, climate resilient city
region with a thriving natural environment and circular, zero-waste economy
where:
• Our infrastructure will be smart and fit for the future: we will have an integrated,
clean and affordable public transport system, resource efficient buildings,
greater local community renewable energy, cleaner air, water and greenspace
for all.
• All citizens will have access to green space in every community, more trees in
urban areas, active travel networks, environmental education and healthy and
locally-produced food.
• Citizens and businesses will adopt sustainable living and businesses practices,
focusing on local solutions to deliver a prosperous economy.
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WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OVER THE
NEXT 5 YEARS?
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Our energy supply – the source of the power and heat to our
buildings and transport.
We need to - Increase local renewable electricity generation.
Decarbonise how we heat out buildings. Increase the diversity and
flexibility of our electricity supply
Our travel and transport – how we move and our goods are
transported within the city region.
We need to – Increase use of public transport and active travel modes
Phase out of fossil-fuelled private vehicles and replace them with zero
emission (tailpipe) alternatives. Establish a zero emissions bus fleet.
Decarbonise freight transport and shift freight to rail and water.
Our homes, workplaces and public buildings – the demand for
energy to heat the places we live and work.
We need to - Reduce the heat demand from existing homes. Reduce
the heat demand from existing commercial and public buildings.
Reduce the heat demand in new buildings
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OVER THE
NEXT 5 YEARS?
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Our consumption and production of resources – how sustainably we
produce goods and services and what we do with them after we have
used them.
We need to – Produce goods and services more sustainably, moving to
a circular economy. Become more responsible consumers. Manage our
waste as sustainably as possible. Reduce unnecessary food waste.
Our natural environment – the wide range of benefits provided by
our air, land, water and biodiversity.
We need to - Manage our land sustainably. Manage our water and its
environment sustainably. Achieve a net gain in biodiversity for new
Development. Increase investment into our natural Environment.
Increase engagement with our natural environment.
Our resilience and adaptation to climate change – how resilient we
are to climate change and how well we adapt to its impacts.
We need to - Embed climate change resilience and adaptation in all
policies. Increase the resilience of and investment in our critical
infrastructure. Implement a prioritised programme of nature-based
climate adaptation action. Improve monitoring and reporting
Summary of Actions – Energy Supply
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Summary of Actions – Travel and Transport
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Summary of Action – Homes, Workplaces
and Public Buildings
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Summary of Action – Sustainable
Consumption and Production
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Summary of Action – Natural Environment
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Summary of Action – Resilience to Climate
Change
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Go Neutral
Christina Morton
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Go Neutral
• The mission for Greater Manchester is to
become carbon neutral by 2038. We need
to deliver a targeted 40MW of renewable
energy generation capacity by 2023 to keep
on track to becoming carbon neutral by the
above date.
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Go Neutral Project
Go Neutral
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• Main Points from Phase 1 Meeting:
• Not short of assets across GM that could accommodate low carbon
infrastructure.
• 3 technologies identified for use on land across GM – Solar PV / Utility
Scale Battery Storage / Electric Vehicle Charging Points
• All of the initial 13 sites put forward by Tameside were identified in
Stage 1 analysis by ARUP as possibly suitable for solar.
• Benefits – revenue generation and cost avoidance.
• Further investigation / discussions were had after the meeting resulting
in 4 sites being put forward for phase 2 analysis.
Case Study – Warrington Borough Council
• The UK’s largest solar investment in the last 3 years.
• Investec Bank and Leapfrog Finance will fund the
construction of two “ultra-advanced” solar projects, in
York and Hull.
• Warrington council expects to use the power produced in
Hull to cut its £2m annual electricity bill, while selling on
the power produced in York to generate extra revenues
for the local authority.
• The council expects the investment to free up an extra
£150m over 30 years to invested into frontline services.
• The zero-subsidy projects will produce enough
renewable electricity to power the equivalent of 18,000
average UK homes, or more than 30,000 electric
vehicles.
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Operations &
Greenspace Service
Nick Sayers
Head of Operations & Greenspace
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• Grass cutting
• Hedges / shrub maintenance
• Highway weedspraying
• Bowling green maintenance
• Playground inspection & maintenance
• Football renovations
• Control of japanese knotweed
• Countryside maintenance
Grounds Maintenance functions
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• War memorials
• Allotments
• Greenspace volunteer programme
• Arboriculture Unit
Grounds Maintenance functions
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• Trees on the highway
• Trees in parks and countryside
• Safety Inspections of trees
• All managed by our in-house Arboriculture
Team
What We Manage
The Arboriculture Team
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Arboriculture Team at Broadmills
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Tree Planting
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• Climate change / storing
carbon
• Flooding
• Noise pollution
• Stabilising land
• Health & Wellbeing
• Wildlife / biodiversity
• Creates an attractive
environment
The Importance of Trees
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Woodland Management
• Coppicing are tasks which are
carried out by the Greenspace
Team and volunteers
• Deadwood Maintenance
• UK Woodland Assurance
Standard Accreditation on 19
sites
The Importance of Trees
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• Planted over 10,000 trees in last three
years
• 225 Trees planted on the highway
• High quality parks and open spaces
• Developed partnership with City of Trees
• Programme has reduced grass cutting
and increased biodiversity
• Forms part of the Council Green Pledge
Tree Planting
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Tree Planting with City of Trees
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Limehurst, Ashton
Apple Trees at Broadmills, Broadbottom
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Cheetham Park Birch Copse
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Corrie Copse, Denton / Ponderosa, Audenshaw
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Greenspace Volunteers
Making a difference to our local parks and Greenspace.
Conservation work
Trail Maintenance
Corporate volunteering
18,000 hours of volunteer time in 2018
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• All new tree planting requires maintenance –
this will be a service pressure in future years
• It costs £523 to plant a tree into an existing
pavement and £223 to plant into a grass verge
• Planting Whips in parks and countryside is more
cost effective as some work can be done by
volunteers
Budgets and Resources
Carbon and Waste Reduction
Panel
14 March 2019
Shamshed Ali
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Performance Data – Snapshot
• During January 2019 we achieved a recycling rate of 52%
• We have collected 22.44 tonnes of fly tipped waste in February
• 18 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued in January for littering offences
• Our biggest issue is the contamination in the Co-mingled Loads and
Paper and Cardboard loads.
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Central Government
In January 2018 Government launched its 25 year Environment Plan
which sets out six key goals to improve the environment.
We are currently part of a consultation process reviewing specific
questions around the waste industry that DEFRA have developed.
• Specifically but not limited to:
• Should Local Authorities be collecting a core set of recycling
materials?
• Should separate weekly food waste collections be mandated?
• Should garden waste be a free collection?
• Collaborative working amongst Authorities.
• If mandated collections come in and there are no end markets
where does this leave LAs and what happens to the material
collected?
Consultation is open for 12 weeks.
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Procurement Update
Eleven candidates were shortlisted to nine candidates. Of those nine
candidates three withdrew from the process. On 15 October 2018,
following further analysis of the value for money options and in light of
policy uncertainty around bio-waste, the delegated decision was made to
cancel the Lot 3 procurement and to place the management of this
tonnage and the 2 associated In Vessel Composting (IVC) facilities under
the Lot 1 contractor.
Following those changes and the late withdrawal of Viridor from Lot 1,
only Suez and Veolia were left bidding for the contract in Lot 1 and Lot 2.
Suez went on to become the preferred bidder on the 4 March 2019,
winning both Lots 1 and 2.
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Procurement Update
• Same Bins
• Same Operational Crews
• Same Tipping facilities
• Same processing plants
• Same back office team
• Same contact you already know
• This change impacts on the disposal and processing facilities NOT
the collection function.
