RECYCLING RATES IMPROVE - BUT THEY'RE STILL NOTHING TO SHOUT ABOUT

                                                      

Delivery time for the new recycling bins

A WELCOME increase in recycling rates has today been announced by North East Lincolnshire Council.

Bin crews collected 811 tonnes more recyclable waste  between 1 March and 30 September this year than for the same period last year. 

Garden waste is up by 275 tonnes for the same period.

Some 60,000 households in the borough are using the new recycling bins which have six times the capacity of the old recycling boxes. 

Says Cllr Stewart Swinburn, NELC's portfolio holder for the environment: “More and more people are recycling thanks to our introduction of the new wheelie bins.

“I’m grateful to everyone who is making the effort to recycle - their your efforts are making a big difference.

“By recycling more we can help conserve natural resources, save energy and protect the environment."

However, the recycling rates is 37 per cent - much lower, woefully so, than in many other parts of the country. 

In the East Riding of Yorkshire, for instance, it is more than 65 per cent.

Over the same period, it is understood more than 60 per cent - almost 24,000 tonnes - of residual household waste was dispatched to ether landfill or incineration.

Meanwhile,  the new recycling bins are this week being delivered to households in parts of Humberston, Ashby cum Fenby, Barnoldby le Beck, Waltham, Brigsley, New Waltham, Cleethorpes, Heneage, Little Coates, Nunsthorpe, and The Willows.

From next Monday. bins will be delivered in parts of Laceby, Bradley, Aylesby, Cleethorpes, East Marsh, West Marsh, Healing, Immingham, Habrough, and Stallingborough.

What has  happened to the old recycling boxes?

The council is working with Stallingborough-based recycling company Grimsby Granulation Ltd to collect and recycle them.

The boxes are ground into pellets ready to be used to make new products. 

So far the firm has recycled 57 tonnes of unwanted recycling boxes.