COUNCIL GO-AHEAD FOR RECYCLING BOXES TO BE REPLACED WITH WHEELIE BINS (ONE BLUE, ONE GREY) ACROSS NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE

HOUSEHOLDS across North East Lincolnshire will soon be saying goodbye to their three recycling boxes.

At a cabinet meeting this week, it was agreed that they should be replaced with two wheelie bins for recyclable dry materials.

Paper and card will be collected in a blue wheelie bin.

Plastic bottles, tins, cans, glass bottles and jars will be collected in a grey wheelie bin.

Says a NELC spokesperson: "Other options will be looked at  for properties where there is not enough space to store the bins. 

"It will also be possible to request smaller-sized bins if space is a concern."

The council will start a public information campaign to inform people about the changes, including what to do with their old recycling boxes, within the next few months.

In a separate initiative, weekly food waste collections will also be tried out at some homes in the area within the next 12 months.

This is in response to calls by DEFRA (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) for English councils to make separate collections for food waste by 2023.