Workers who gave Grimsby tip an upcycled Christmas makeover raised £10,574 for local charities and good causes. Visitors donated generously after witnessing the efforts staff made to transform the site into a recycled winter wonderland. Most of the decorations – including Santa, a snowman, and a giant Christmas tree – are made using old tyres,…
1 week ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is saying a big thank you to households who are disposing of their waste and recycling responsibly this Christmas holiday. Council workers found only small amounts of illegally dumped waste at the areas bring to recycling banks after the Christmas break. Last Christmas, workers cleared heaps of fly-tipped rubbish from the…
3 weeks ago | Bins, waste and recyclingWaste and recycling crews are busier than ever this Christmas clearing away about 500 tonnes more rubbish and recycling than they usually do. It could be even higher this year with more people staying at home and shopping online because of the coronavirus pandemic. November was a record-breaking month with 1,131 tonnes of recycling collected…
4 weeks ago | Bins, waste and recyclingNorth East Lincolnshire Council is warning people not to fly-tip or dump waste at ‘bring to’ recycling banks this Christmas holiday. There are about 30 bring to recycling banks across the borough at busy locations such as supermarkets and car parks. Recycling banks are convenient places for people to recycle reasonable amounts of cans, glass,…
4 weeks ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is reminding households that their waste and recycling collection dates change during the Christmas and New Year holiday. Visit www.nelincs.gov.uk/bins to check your collection date or see the Christmas collections leaflet sent earlier this month. Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for environment and transport, said: “Waste and recycling collection dates change…
4 weeks ago | Bins, waste and recyclingNorth East Lincolnshire Council is trying out a new way to remind people what they can and can’t recycle in their new wheelie bins. Bin crews on one of the Council’s rounds will start leaving red tags on recycling bins. If you find a red ‘Ooops!’ tag on your bin it means you have put…
1 month ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is reminding households that their waste and recycling collection dates change during the Christmas and New Year holiday. Visit www.nelincs.gov.uk/refuse-collection-schedule/ to check your collection date and look out for the Christmas collections leaflet arriving in your letterbox this week. Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for environment and transport, said: “Waste and…
2 months ago | Bins, waste and recyclingA magical, recycled Christmas kingdom awaits visitors to Grimsby Community Recycling Centre this December. Staff at the Community Recycling Centre, also known as the CRC or tip, have given the site a festive, junk model makeover. Grimsby and Immingham CRCs are open every day (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day) from 8am…
2 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is changing the way it collects garden waste due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Garden waste subscribers will have one collection instead of two before the winter break. The service breaks for the winter in December and January. At this time of year, half of our customers on average…
2 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council’s Environmental Services teams won big at the awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management. The teams responsible for domestic waste, recycling and garden waste collections in North East Lincolnshire won first prize at the national awards on Friday. Working with colleagues from the Community Recycling Centres, Bulky Waste collections, Street…
2 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling