Waste 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…
2 years 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,…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 years 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 years 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 years 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 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Almost 70,000 homes in North East Lincolnshire are now using a pair of new recycling bins. The new bins are part of the Council’s massive overhaul of its kerbside recycling collections. A total of 134,884 recycling bins have been delivered to 67,442 properties since the end of July. The main part of the delivery plan…
2 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is thanking households for recycling hundreds of tonnes more since March this year than they did in last year. Bin crews collected 811 tonnes more recycling between 1 March and 30 September this year than last year. Garden waste is up by 275 tonnes for the same period and household waste…
2 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling