By definition, Environmental Sustainabilityis about maintaining balance and conserving natural resources, but at North East Lincolnshire Council it’s far more. From applying for grants to getting down and dirty planting trees, there is more to it than meets the eye. This planting season, which runs throughout late February and March, 416 trees will be placed…
2 weeks ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire Council have planted 416 trees in just a few weeks as part of its new Tree Strategy. The plan, which has been in development since 2022, was formerly adopted by Cabinet in December last year. The strategy sets out their approach for managing and protecting the existing tree population, increasing the number…
3 months ago | Green
THE awarding of £119m of funds to bring transformational change to transport across North East Lincolnshire will be formally welcomed by the council’s Cabinet next week. In acknowledging the grant funding, Cabinet members will also be asked to approve the start of a planning journey, which will see a mapping out of how these significant…
3 months ago | Business and investment
AS PART of the Greening Up Our Place project, launched by North East Lincolnshire Council in late 2023, a total of 12 children joined volunteers from the local community, Equans and NELC staff, and participants from All Things Good and Nice CIC to plant a number of trees in the Haverstoe Ward. With fine, if…
3 months ago | Environment and community safety
Following an inspection by the trees and woodlands officers, it has been confirmed that a number of the trees in Cleethorpes are in a state of decline due to the presence of Dutch Elm Disease The disease is one of the most serious tree diseases in the world.. Dutch Elm Disease was first introduced in…
4 months ago | Environment and community safety
Environmental officers are urging the public to take care what they put into their waste bins after a collection crew found asbestos cement had been hidden in a garden waste bin. The vehicle in which the waste was tipped had to be cordoned off and specialist contractors will now have to arrange for the vehicle…
4 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
North East Lincolnshire Council is relaunching a scheme to help communities to safely clean an alleyway or open space in their neighbourhood. Applications open on Wednesday 1 November 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 with…
7 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Dare you enter the Tip of Terror?? Staff at the award-winning Grimsby Community Recycling Centre have a few tricks and treats up their sleeve as they’ve given the site a monstrous makeover for Halloween. From killer bees to Frankenstein’s monster and tyre tarantulas to a wicked witch, the tip is creeping and crawling with their…
7 months ago | Bins, waste and recycling
Today, CATCH announced ambitious plans for the development of a £60M state-of-the-art training facility, to reach a training goal of 1000 apprentices a year by 2029, at its Stallingborough headquarters, with the intent of tackling the engineering construction skill shortages anticipated in the Humber cluster and across the UK. In anticipation of a series of…
8 months ago | Green
Share your thoughts on nature in Greater Lincolnshire to help shape a new Local Nature Recovery Strategy for the area. England is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. To help combat this, the Government introduced Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) which will look for opportunities to help recover nature and increase the…
8 months ago | Green