North East Lincolnshire Council is launching a new poster competition as part of Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean. The Council is inviting people of all ages to come up with designs for Posters in the Park to remind people to put litter in a bin or take it home. Four winners will win…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
If you are visiting Cleethorpes this bank holiday weekend, please respect the resort’s unique environment. North East Lincolnshire’s coastline is internationally important for wading birds and everyone can help look after it. Cleethorpes sits on the banks of the Humber Estuary, one of the UK’s greatest wetlands. Every year, 90-million birds fly along the East…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Dumped rubbish in ditches is increasing the risk of flooding and also threatening wildlife, warns North East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration partner ENGIE. People dumping garden waste, tree cuttings, tyres and other rubbish in ditches or other waterways are blocking the flow of water and putting others at risk of flooding. Watercourses are there…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
A new recycling sculpture unveiled today (Thursday 20 May) is joining Hammy the Haddock in the battle to keep Cleethorpes beach clean. North East Lincolnshire Council teamed up with Grimsby-based Blackrow Engineering and several other sponsors to bring the new stainless-steel globe to the resort. The 2-metre-tall recycling globe illustrates the vital role Cleethorpes plays…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is reminding people that their household waste and recycling collections continue as normal on the two bank holiday Mondays in May. Waste and recycling collections, including garden waste and those taking part in the new food waste pilot, will take place as usual on the Bank Holiday Mondays on 3 May…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recyclingPolice are investigating after a woman spat in the face of a waste worker in Grimsby this morning. The incident happened at 8.25am in Eleanor Street. A woman chased the crew and hurled abuse at them. She then spat in the face of one of the workers and shouted ‘Covid’ at him. North East Lincolnshire…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recyclingNorth East Lincolnshire Council is reminding people that their household waste and recycling collections continue as normal as we head into the Easter bank holiday weekend. Waste and recycling collections, including garden waste, will take place as usual on Good Friday (2 April) and Easter Monday (5 April). Check your collection dates online at www.nelincs.gov.uk/bins….
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recyclingNorth East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration partner ENGIE are announcing plans to locate their depot services to one site in the town centre. NELC and ENGIE currently have two depots for operational services. One site is in Gilbey Road, the other is in Doughty Road. These sites are for services such as waste and…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recyclingIt’s one year this week since North East Lincolnshire Council made the decision to introduce new bins for recycling. This time last year, households were using boxes for their recycling. The boxes had served their purpose, but it was time a new method was introduced. Several factors influenced the decision to move from boxes to…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is launching a new weekly food waste collection on one of its bin rounds next month. As part of their drive to help people recycle more and waste less, the Council’s waste team will start collecting food waste from 4,680 properties every week from the end of April. The homes are…
3 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling