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Tips could reopen during coronavirus pandemic despite concerns, says Andy Burnham

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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham believes that local recycling centres could reopen during the coronavirus crisis despite raising concerns.

Talks are ongoing between council leaders and the combined authority, which oversees 20 household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) on their behalf, and a decision could be made today.

Local authorities have been put under pressure from opposition groups after Wigan council - which has control over its own waste disposal - reopened its three sites last week.

But a poll by SUEZ, which is contracted to run HWRCs in Greater Manchester, found that not one council out of 128 surveyed considers a trip to the tip to be an ‘essential journey’.

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