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Staff create a winter wonderland at Grimsby and Immingham Tips!

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Staff create a winter wonderland at Grimsby and Immingham Tips!

Staff have gone all out creating a winter wonderland scene at Grimsby and Immingham’s Recycling Centres this year.
Tyres, pallets, logs and other discarded materials have been upcycled to give both sites a festive makeover.
 
They’ve also recreated Santa’s workshop with an old spinning wheel, rocking horse and sled alongside other Christmas scenes!
A spokesperson for North East Lincolnshire Council said: “This year the site elves are adopting a Nutcracker theme with giant toy soldiers made of forklift tyres or wooden planks lining up to greet visitors.
 
“There are snowmen, toy trains, Christmas trees and even a reindeer-drawn cart – all made using things people take to the tips.
“Bring us stuff you don’t want, we can recycle it!”
Last Christmas local recycling centres raised more than £10,000 for good causes using things people brought to recycling centres.

This year they have already raised £2,850 since 1 December, and are hoping to exceed last year’s figure.

Sharon Hunt, operations director at Newlincs Development Ltd, the company which manages the tips, said: “Nobody loves Christmas more than our staff. They really know how to put on a show.

“We’re very fortunate to have such generous people visiting the CRCs in Grimsby and Immingham, not just at Christmas but through the year.

“Since July, we’ve supplied 17 defibrillators to local groups in North East Lincolnshire with money raised by our charity bric-a-brac and bike sales, as well as supporting our usual local charities.

“I’d like to thank all the groups who contacted us about putting this life-saving equipment on their premises.

“We’re also donating emergency bleed kits to 13 locations around the borough in support of the Control the Bleed campaign.

“It’s amazing to think we can do all this with items people are throwing away.”

Grimsby and Immingham Community Recycling Centres are open every day, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, from 8am to 6pm and 8am to 4pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

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