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Bins, Waste and Recycling

Dozens of black dog poo bags on grass
Selfish dog owners told to pick up after 156 poo bags found in...
9 April 2025

The Great British Spring Clean has finished – but it has left a nasty smell behind after litterpicking volunteers in…

Recycle for North Lincolnshire.
Household Recycling Centres summer opening hours
24 February 2025

Our Household Recycling Centres will begin operating from their summer opening hours as of Saturday 1 March. Cottage Beck Road…

Photo of litter with the words 'Show a Litter Respect' warning of £150 fines
Eight people fined for envirocrime offences
12 February 2025

The council’s environmental crime officers have found and fined eight people in separate cases related to disposing of waste. In…

Two black bin bags dumped in an alleyway
Six people fined for envirocrime
17 December 2024

The council’s clampdown on litter and flytipping continues with strong action taken against people who selfishly dump their rubbish. Between…

‘Rescue Me’ – are there recyclables that you could...
14 October 2024

This Recycle Week, 14 to 20 October 2024, the council’s waste and recycling team will be sharing top tips for…

Councillors next to litter picking equipment
Be a litter hero with our self-service litter picking pods
11 September 2024

North Lincolnshire Council is encouraging residents to be ‘litter heroes’ and get involved with clearing up litter from our area.…

Community wardens on patrol in Scunthorpe town centre
4,000 fines and counting: council crackdown on anti-social...
28 August 2024

North Lincolnshire Council’s crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Scunthorpe town centre has intensified – with 1,000 fines issued in the…

Flytipped rubbish including bin bags, pieces of wood and garden clippings
£1,000 fine for environmental crime after rubbish dumped at...
24 July 2024

A householder who dumped bin-bags of rubbish, garden cuttings and old furniture on Brumby Common Lane has been slapped with…

A small electrical cycling bin, a battery recycling bin and two large banners encouraging people to recycle in the foyer of Scunthorpe central library
Recycling your electricals is now even easier thanks to new...
12 June 2024

Plans to ramp up the council’s recycling rates for batteries and small electrical items have taken a step forward with…

Four pictures showing before and after rubbish has been cleared from tenfoots
Massive clean-up operation shifts 34 tonnes of rubbish including...
24 May 2024

A comprehensive clean up of tenfoots in the Crosby area has taken place in a bid to halt the blight…

Man in high vis suit clearing dumped rubbish into a bin lorry down a tenfoot
Council wages war on ‘disgusting’ flytippers
20 April 2024

North Lincolnshire Council has blasted litterers and flytippers who are dumping rubbish as fast as it is cleared away. In…

A council recycling officer handing a composting bin over to a resident.
Celebrate Compost Awareness Week with a new cut-price composter!
4 April 2024

Keen gardeners and recyclers can join the compost revolution with a special offer giving North Lincolnshire residents the chance to…

Great British Spring Clean
Litter heroes are being called on to join the 2024 Great British...
13 March 2024

North Lincolnshire Council is encouraging residents and businesses to pledge to help clear up litter from across our area during…

Operative in high-vis emptying brown bins next to a bin wagon on a leafy green street
Bin collections: An apology for inconvenience – please...
14 February 2024

A number of garden waste and recycling collections across North Lincolnshire have been re-arranged due to staff sickness. Despite this,…

Neil Poole in the driving seat of a new road sweeping machine
New green machines clean the air as well as the road
17 January 2024

A fleet of new state of the art road sweeping machines clean dust and pollution particles from the air as…