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GREATER MANCHESTER WASTE
Greater Manchester Waste Limited (GMW) handles over 1.4 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) each year. Committed to providing integrated waste management solutions, GMW operates four materials recovery facilities which process over 45% of the MSW generated throughout the region. Separation and extraction techniques, enable the recovery of steel and aluminium cans from the waste stream for recycling. The organic fraction of the waste stream is also processed and refined to produce a soil making material, used in environmental improvement projects.
These plants are operating alongside the newly refurbished Bolton Thermal Recovery Facility, which produces energy from waste by recovering heat from the combustion process. 10 MW of electricity is generated for the national grid, equivalent to the energy needed to heat 7,000 homes.
Other facilities include 25 Household Waste Recycling Centres, managed by GMW, which receive recyclable materials including glass, cans, paper and green waste.
These techniques, in conjunction with other recycling initiatives, such as the kerbside collection of waste paper, drastically reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill for final disposal and conserve valuable natural resources.
GMW operate nine transfer stations and utilise the GateHOUSE application software across the corporate WAN. This provides GMW with complete Data Collection control for tonnage / analysis / reporting and centralised billing.
Gatehouse is also integrated with a Weightron Bilanciai remote terminal for the Recycling depot rounds.
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