Along with every other Greater Manchester Councillor, last week I received a letter from Councillor Neil Swannick about the future of waste disposal across Greater Manchester. Swannick is a Labour Councillor in Manchester, but another of his hats (presumably a flourescent hard-hat) is as the Chairman of the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA). The letter begins:
I wrote to you earlier this year to provide a headline summary of the exciting 25-year waste disposal contract being secured for Greater Manchester.
A friend saw the first line of the letter and burst out laughing. Important and vital as the improved waste disposal contract is, I don’t think I’ll be in any hurry to eavesdrop on the Manchester Labour Party conversations in the City Arms if the waste disposal contract is considered an “exciting” topic!
That said, on a more serious note, waste disposal is a key issue for local government – and becoming increasingly so – and I intend to read the information pack about the new contract in detail.
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