North East Lincolnshire to recycle more than ever before with simpler rules

The borough will soon be recycling more than ever thanks to additional materials becoming recyclable.

Thanks to the Government’s new Simpler Recycling strategy, more products than ever before can be disposed of in a more environmentally friendly way. Across North East Lincolnshire, Tetra Pak, clean aluminium foil/aluminium food trays and clean toothpaste tubes can now be put in the grey bin.

Previously, all three were unable to be recycled and had to be placed in the green general waste bin. Now, life will be made simpler for residents with a clearer system for reducing waste and making the area a cleaner, greener place to live.

What goes where?

• Tetra Pak – grey bin
• Clean toothpaste tubes – grey bin
• Clean aluminium foil/tray – grey bin

For more information on what waste goes where, visit What goes in your bins and recycling | NELC

What happens to your waste?

• Recycling -Mixed glass bottles and jars, aluminium food and drink cans, and plastic recycling from the grey bins and the community recycling centres go to Biffa Recycling. Here, they are sorted and sent to different destinations around the UK to be recycled and made into new items.
  Paper and cardboard are sent to Palm Paper, where they are recycled and made into newsprint and cardboard.
• Household domestic rubbish -The rubbish collected in your green household waste bin is delivered to NEWLINCS Development Limited and they’re responsible for its treatment and disposal at their Energy from Waste facility in Immingham.
  This rubbish is burnt in a combustor (aka a large oven), which releases ash and scrap metal that are both recycled. Heat from the combustor heats the water in a boiler. The hot, high-pressured steam from the boiling water drives a turbine to generate electricity. The heat and electricity is used in the facility itself.
• Garden waste – Green waste from grounds maintenance, households and the recycling centres are litter picked and shredded at the NEWLINCS waste management site (same site as the EFW facility) and sent to Riby to be made into compost.