Locals-only tips to be brought in across region

People using tips in Greater Manchester will soon have to prove they are local.

Waste bosses want to stop people from outside the region from using its recycling centres.

The move comes after an apparent increase in the number of "cross-border visits", and the closure of some recycling centres in neighbouring Cheshire.

Identification such as a council tax bill or other document proving residence will soon be expected, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported.

Cheshire East council permanently closed three waste sites over the last 12 months, and Lancashire and Derbyshire are also considering similar moves.

Manchester City Council member Lee-Ann Igbon said: "Shame on those authorities that have done this because it's not the responsibility of my residents to pick up the bill for them and they need to look at that.

"We pay for our waste through our council tax. I'm not willing to put that up.

"The plans that the officers have put together are really good, but obviously that's another cost to us, taking the time to check these vehicles because others have decided to [close their sites].

"It shouldn't impact the nine authorities in this room. It's just outrageous."

Ken Rustidge, from Oldham Council, said: "This is a decision by these adjoining authorities that's going to hurt our people, and they should be held to account for these decisions, and they really should be shown up."

The scheme will not be rolled out until after May's local council elections.

The combined authority's waste chiefs said "the last thing we want to do is to put in place barriers for people using those facilities, freely", but added: "We just want the people who are entitled to use those facilities to be able to use them."

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