What happens to your Waste and Recycling?
Last Year we:
Recycled: 27.28%
Landfilled: 18.45%
Sent For Energy Recovery: 54.27%
Refuse
NELC has a 25 year contract with Newlincs to handle all waste and recycling generated within North East Lincolnshire.
All waste placed in your green refuse bin gets taken to the Newlincs Energy from Waste (EfW) facility in Stallingborough. The waste is then emptied into a ' waste pit ' and it is then fed into the EfW where it is burned. The electricity and heat generated from this process is used to power the plant and the offices on the site. The heat is sold to a neighbouring company, Synthomer who use it for steam generation. Any surplus electricy is fed into the national grid.
Due to the geographical location of North East Lincolnshire, EfW is the best option for dealing with the waste locally.
At busy periods of the year such as Christmas it may be necessary to dispose of some household waste at the landfill site in Immingham. This only happens when the EfW is at capacity or if the plant is on a shutdown period for maintenance. Last year we only sent 18.45% of our total waste to landfill.
Garden Waste
When your Garden Waste is collected it is taken to the Newlincs facility where it is litterpicked and shredded. We currently use 4 local reprocessors who collect the waste for on-farm composting. This method is known as Windrows.
Glass
All Glass collected through the triple box scheme, mini sites and bring sites is taken to the Newlincs site where it is bulked ready for the reprocessors to collect for recycling. We currently use Glass UK Ltd based in Barnsley.
Paper
All Paper collected through the triple box scheme, mini sites and bring sites is taken to the Newlincs site where it is bulked ready for the reprocessors to collect for recycling. We currently use 2 reprocessors, Newport Paper Co and Aylesford Newsprint.
Cans
All Cans collected through the triple box scheme, mini sites and bring sites is taken to the Newlincs site where it is bulked ready for the reprocessors to collect for recycling. We currently use Baylis Recycling Ltd.
Plastics
All Plastic collected through our bring sites is taken to the Newlincs site where it is bulked ready for collecting by our reprocessors. We currently use Baylis Recycling Ltd
Textiles
Textile bans at bring sites are managed by various charity groups. North East Lincolsnhire Council pay Recycling Credits to these Charities.
Currently, CICD, Oxfam, Salvation Army and Jobs for all (a local charity helping people with learning difficulties find employment) have containers on some of our sites.