Councils across Greater Manchester have released information on adjusted bin collections over the festive season, and residents are now being urged to check dates.
With Christmas only a few days away now, and lots of waste undoubtedly set to be generated over the next few weeks, residents across the region will be right to start asking if there are any planned changes to their bin collects during the festive season.
Dates for Christmas bin collections in each Greater Manchester have now been released by all local councils, as well as information and tips for recycling that residents are encouraged to follow.
Here’s the Christmas 2022 bin collection dates in every Greater Manchester borough.
Lots of Christmas waste is undoubtedly set to be generated over the next few weeks / Credit: Flickr
Manchester
This year, Manchester residents’ bins will be emptied one day later than the usual collection date, which means there will be a bin collection on Saturday 31 December, but collection days will return to normal service from 1 January 2023.
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The new dates are as follows:
Monday 26 December collections move to Tuesday 27 December
Tuesday 27 December collections move to Wednesday 28 December
Wednesday 28 December collections move to Thursday 29 December
Thursday 29 December collections move to Friday 30 December
Friday 30 December collections move to Saturday 31 December
Manchester City Council is encouraging residents to make “a concerted effort to recycle as much as possible” this year.
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Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Manchester here.
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Salford
In Salford, the Council has confirmed that residents’ bins will be collected as normal throughout the festive period – including the bank holidays on Boxing Day, Tuesday 27 December, and Monday 2 January 2023.
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Salford City Council is also reminding residents recycle wrapping paper, tinfoil, bottles, cans, Christmas trees, and left-over food.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Salford here.
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Bolton
Residents in Bolton are being reminded that there will be some changes to refuse and recycling collections over the festive period.
Bolton Council has confirmed grey bins will be collected on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 December, but there will be no collection of food waste containers or green bins between Monday 26 and Friday 30 December.
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Beige and burgundy bins will be collected from Wednesday 28 December to Friday 30 December.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Bolton here.
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Bury
Bin collection crews in Bury will be working on weekdays throughout the festive season, with Bury Council assuring residents that it will do “everything possible to keep collections on track”.
There will be no change to grey, blue, and green bin collections throughout the festive season and residents should continue to put their bins out by 7am on their usual collection day, however, brown bin collections are to be paused for two weeks from Boxing Day (26 December 2022 – 6 January 2023).
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The Council is asking residents to still recycle food waste in their brown bins, either inside a compostable liner or loose inside the bin.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Bury here.
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Oldham
Oldham Council has released adjusted bin collection dates for 2022, and is asking all Oldham residents “share this information with your neighbours”.
If residents’ waste and recycling bins are due to be emptied on Boxing Day, then they will need to put them out for collection two days earlier on Christmas Eve (Saturday 24 December), with green bins and food caddies being the exception as they will be collected on Monday 2 January 2023.
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Collections on Monday 2 January 2023 will take place as normal.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Oldham here.
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Rochdale
Rochdale Council has confirmed there are no planned changes to the waste collections in Rochdale over the Christmas period and all collection rounds remain in place.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Rochdale here.
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Stockport
Stockport Council is asking residents to check its website for information on collection days as there are a handful of changes over the festive season.
There are no refuse collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, and Councillors are also reminding residents that there will be no green bin or food caddy collections from week commencing Monday 26 December 2022, as they will start again from Monday 2 January 2023.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Stockport here.
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Tameside
Tameside bin crews will continue to work hard over the festive season, the Council has informed residents that collection days will change for some households in the borough.
There will be no brown bin collections at all across the borough from Boxing Day until Friday 6 January 2023, so anyone due a collection on the bank holidays – Monday, 26 December (Boxing Day), Tuesday 27 December, or Monday 2 January – should check the list below for their new date.
All other collections run as normal.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Tameside here.
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Trafford
Trafford Council has said there are set to be a number of changes to bin collections from Boxing Day (Monday 26 December), as they will take place a day later than normal.
Collections due to be made on Monday 26 December will now move to Tuesday 27 December, then Tuesday 27 December collections will move to Wednesday 28 December, and so on from there – with collection days set to return to normal from 2 January 2023.
Trafford residents are asked put their bins 6:30am on the new collection day.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Trafford here.
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Wigan
In Wigan, the Council has confirmed that blue, brow, and black bin collection days will stay the same over the festive season, but green bin collections will be suspended between Boxing Day (Monday 26 December) until Friday 6 January 2023.
Find more information about Christmas 2022 bin collections in Wigan here.
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Boroughs
Radcliffe FC shake off interest in coaching duo as they reject official approach for their managers
Danny Jones
Greater Manchester team Radcliffe FC have shooed off suitors for their first team coaches after receiving and rejecting an offer for their pair of managers.
In a word, it was a big, fat, definitive NO.
Joint Radcliffe bosses, Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, have lifted the National League North side into seventh after 19 games, currently outperforming virtually all of their nearby rivals and other regional sides in the division.
With the likes of fellow local outfit Curzon Ashton sat in ninth, their former employers Chester FC in 11th, not to mention Chorley, Buxton, Macclesfield FC and Southport sliding into the bottom half, it’s clear that other clubs are hoping they can have a similarly positive effect on their position in the table.
Nevertheless, it’s clear that Boro’s board have no intention of letting their gaffers go, and it looks as though the duo have no interest either.
Sharing a short but emphatic statement online, the club wrote: “We can confirm that an approach has been made regarding Managers Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, and wish to make clear that this approach has been formally rejected.
“Both Managers remain fully committed to their current roles, and we hold Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley in the highest regard, valuing the incredible ongoing work they continue to deliver.
“As such, no discussions or negotiations will be entered into, and no further comment will be made at this time.”
Johnson and Morley previously made waves when they together helped Salford City gain promotion to the National League for the first time before eventually departing in 2018.
To put it simply, they’ve told the as-yet-undisclosed would-be poachers to ‘do one’, and the fans certainly seemed to enjoy it.
Wasn’t too hard to resist if they rejected it so quickly 🤣
As you can see, besides some speculation that the call might have come from the aforementioned Chester in hopes of them returning home, even Shakers fans themselves are apparently insisting that the club in question is Bury FC, who are currently in the West Division of the Northern Premier League.
The fact that Johnson is said to be a Bury fan himself has certainly added some fuel to the fire, but it appears as though they’ll be staying put – at least for now.
Nevertheless, there’s clearly plenty of admiration for the work they’re doing at Stainton Park; one user commented: “Keep Johnno and Morley. They are top guys. We have [Bobby] Grant at Marine, who is doing fine. Shows what a good job these guys are doing.”
Do you reckon they’ll stick around for the foreseeable, Boro fans?
Speaking of ‘The Seals’ over in Cheshire, you can see the highlights from the away victory against Radcliffe FC down below, and if not.
Special mention for that goal by Michael Afuye at 3:14.
Featured Images — Ingy The Wingy (via Flickr/Wikimedia Commons)
Boroughs
Plans for more than 400 affordable homes available by ‘social renting’ coming to Wythenshawe
Danny Jones
Plans for a slate of more than 400 new affordable homes in Wythenshawe, which will also be made available for ‘social renting’, are now said to be moving forward following the official submission of three different applications this month.
Development group and so-called ‘placemakers’, Muse, have teamed up with Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) to deliver not just one batch of new properties but a trio of new living locations in the town centre.
More importantly, all 422 of these prospective homes will be available via social rent, i.e. low-cost housing provided and leased by local authorities and/or housing associations, which are typically aimed at those on lower incomes and facing other adversities.
While Wythenshawe has plenty of council houses and social housing already, thanks to the WCHG, these latest proposals could see thousands more Greater Manchester natives given the opportunity to be part of the area’s next big overhaul.
As per a recent press release from the team behind the project: “The plans represent the first phase of housing within the wider masterplan, which will see up to 2,000 new homes created over the next 10 to 15 years, alongside new community facilities, green spaces and places to work and socialise.
It’s also worth noting that this undertaking, which will span over the next decade and a half or so, is part of the Greater Manchester region’s overarching goal to increase the level of high-quality domesticity throughout the 10 boroughs.
Besides various other projects in different up-and-coming areas like Stockport, Strangeways, Bolton, as well as here in the city centre, the area is also being hit with a major regeneration scheme.
Subject to planning approval, Wythenshawe will see the Brotherton House, Alpha House and C2 The Birtles buildings transformed into a modern residential complex, comprising a mix of apartments and townhouses aimed at local people with “differing requirements”.
You can see the map for where the developments are in relation to each other down below.
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Developers have promised that homes will be affordable, high-quality and energy-efficient, “with additional outdoor and communal spaces to promote interaction, health and wellbeing”.
Brotherton House – a now abandoned former office building – will be turned into 216 new homes, including an extra care apartment building with a further 109 rooms for people in later life and those living with dementia. Find out more HERE.
Moreover, if fully green-lit when the planning permission process is completed, the overview also includes 81 apartments and 25 two and four-bedroom townhouses, plus landscaped gardens and green spaces to encourage local wildlife and nearby residents to spend more time outdoors.
Already under demolition, neighbouring Alpha House will also be flattened and rebuilt to provide 125 one- and two-bedroom apartments, including 16 wheelchair accessible homes.
Meanwhile, the venue currently known as C2 The Birtles (next to the old market square), which holds existing retail and office spaces, will be replaced with around 81 one and two-beds, along with a new ground-floor retail space to complement the wider Civic offering.
Local councillor and leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig, said of the plans: “Delivering truly affordable homes – with a focus on social rent housing – was one of our key priorities when we set out the vision for the long-term transformation of Civic.
“The town centre is the beating heart of this community, and that means building homes that are affordable to as many people as possible, creating a long-term sustainable community of people who are proud of where they live.
“These planning applications represent an exciting milestone for Wythenshawe – and it’s great to be working alongside Wythenshawe Community Housing Group to realise these important developments.”
As for WCHG, their executive director, Andrea Lowman, added: “We’re delighted to see the first phase of new homes progressing, marking a major step forward in delivering the high-quality, affordable housing that local people have told us they need.
“This phase will bring forward homes that support residents at every stage of life, creating a strong foundation for a vibrant, sustainable town centre that meets the needs of our communities now and in the future.”
Emily Sergeant -
22nd December 2022 
