EXTENSIVE damage to trees in Grant Thorold Park has prompted Council and Police officials to issue a warning to anti-social dog owners. The damage, which is clearly visible at the roots of a number of trees in the park, is suspected to be caused by so-called ‘status’ or ‘weapon’ dogs. These dogs are encouraged by…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
Dogs love visiting Cleethorpes. Here are three things dog owners can do to give their canine companions the best time in the resort: Look after the beach: Cleethorpes has an award-winning beach, let’s keep it that way. Dogs are banned from the main beach from Good Friday to 30 September. Look after wildlife: Cleethorpes is…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
One Bag – Big Difference: North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) supports residents pledging to pick one bag of litter for charity’s Great British Spring Clean campaign NELC is today encouraging people to pledge to do their bit to clear up the litter that blights the borough during the Great British Spring Clean 2022. Please let…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire Council is increasing the amount it fines people for dropping litter. People who drop litter will be fined £150 from 1 April 2022, an increase of £50. Enforcement officers working on behalf of the Council issued 865 fixed penalty notices in 2021 for littering and littering from a vehicle. A further 169…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
Enforcement officers at North East Lincolnshire Council issued legal warnings to 38 households for repeatedly messing up the streets where they live. They took the action as part of a six-month pilot project in Grimsby’s East Marsh. More than a third of all fly-tipping reports in 2021 came from the East Marsh. There are also…
2 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling
More than 100 buildings on one of the main roads through Grimsby and Cleethorpes are looking a lot smarter thanks to a North East Lincolnshire Council campaign. North East Lincolnshire Council launched Operation Gateway in June 2020 to improve the street scene on the A180 between Riby Square in Grimsby and Suggitt’s Lane in Cleethorpes….
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
Three North East Lincolnshire Council-owned buildings are undergoing energy-saving improvements as part of a £1.6-million project to help in the battle against climate change. North East Lincolnshire Council aims to be carbon Net Zero by 2040 and recently agreed an action plan to reach the ambitious goal. Adopted by the Council in December, the Carbon…
2 years ago | General
North East Lincolnshire Council is appealing for witnesses after a load of rubbish was illegally dumped in Grimsby at the weekend. Someone fly-tipped cushions, furniture and many bin bags full of rubbish near the town’s Community Recycling Centre in Gilbey Road. Enforcement officers suspect the rubbish came from a property in Corporation Road, Grimsby, and…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire Council is launching a new pilot project to help communities to safely clean an alleyway or open space in their neighbourhood. They are now inviting applications for Clear It, the new voluntary community clearance scheme. The scheme is aimed at people who live with alleyways or patches of neglected land that suffer…
2 years ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire Council is thanking households for recycling more than ever in 2021. In the first full year since households started using the new bins, recycling rates have risen by more than four per cent. In 2020, the recycling rate was 35.08 per cent. In 2021, it climbed to 39.14 per cent. In the…
2 years ago | Bins, waste and recycling