Recycling

12th October 2018 | By Daniel Davies

Litter and lack of street cleaners hinder Manchester’s bid to be UK’s first tidy city by 2020

Councillors have agreed that the city needs to take bolder steps if it is to achieve its aim of becoming the UK’s first ‘tidy city’...

29th June 2018 | By nq_admin

Volunteers forced to take control of litter problem despite council’s £14.5m pledge

Nearly 3,000 litter louts are caught in Manchester yearly despite the city council’s recent £14.5m crackdown on anti-social behaviour. On-the-spot fines of £80 are handed...

12th April 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally

Coffee cup recycling myth busted as UK’s greenest university MMU tackles the issue

Manchester Met, the UK’s greenest university, has pledged to cut the use of single-use paper coffee cups which contaminate recycling bins. Coffee cups are fourth on...

22nd June 2017 | By nq_admin

Rise in recycling in Manchester causes Council to change bin collections

Mancehster City Council has had to rethink how it collects its bins following a rise in recycling. The recycling rate has increased from less than...