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| A load of old rubbish - but it can all be recycled |
HOUSEHOLDS in North East Lincolnshire filled their new blue and grey bins with more than 1,100 tonnes of recyclable material during December.
Bin crews collected a total of 1,156 tonnes of paper, card, plastic bottles, cans and glass in their busiest month of the year.
It is the most recycling ever collected in a month by North East Lincolnshire Council.
The total is 443 tonnes more than they collected in December 2019.
November was also a busy month with 1,131 tonnes of recycling collected from the kerbside in the new wheelie bins, 337 tonnes more than November 2019.
As a result, the average amount of recycling collected in 2019 was 709 tonnes per month. In 2020, it was 843 tonnes per month.
It means that people recycled 19 per cent more in 2020 than they did in 2019.
This puts the recycling rate at 36.43 per cent. The target for 2020/21 is 37 per cent.
Says Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for Environment and Transport at North East Lincolnshire Council: "This is a brilliant effort.
"I'm grateful to everyone who is taking the time to put the right recycling in the right bin.
“We also saw much less fly-tipping at the bring-to recycling sites than we have done in previous years.
“This was the first Christmas with the new recycling bins, and people are really enjoying the benefits.”
On the downside, a small number of households are putting the wrong items in their bins.
Council staff found fairy lights, irons, and kettles in the recycling bins.
Putting such items in the recycling bin contaminates the whole load and that can mean the materials are rejected by the reprocessing plants.
Such items should be taken to the Community Recycling Centres in Grimsby or Immingham.
Other items people often put in the wrong bins include polystyrene, plastic bags, paint tubs, and bubble wrap.
Paper and card go in the blue wheelie bin.
Washed plastic bottles, food tins and drink cans and glass bottles and jars go in the grey wheelie bin.
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