By Four ‘Bring to’ recycling banks to be removed
NELC announced that four of its ‘bring to’ locations for recycling are to be removed this week.
North East Lincolnshire Council reminded people that it is removing some of its remaining ‘bring to’ recycling banks.
The closures were announced last August and the following four sites are being removed as part of a review of the sites and their usage: Cromwell Road, Fisherman’s Wharf, Willows Shops, and Sutcliff Avenue.
Signs were put up at the sites to let people know the bins are being removed, they will continue to be monitored for illegal dumping.
Bring to sites are designed for household recycling, but unfortunately, some are misused by fly-tippers.
CCTV cameras cover several recycling banks to deter people from dumping waste illegally.
NELC said Improvements to kerbside recycling collections made in 2020 resulted in reductions in the use of bring to sites.
“Most households now have two large recycling bins with much greater capacity than they had previously with the triple box system.”
The Government is expected to introduce new schemes to increase recycling and reduce packaging waste in the next few years.
Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for environment and transport at the Council, said:
“We have made massive improvements to household recycling collections in the last two years.
“People now have much more capacity for recycling at home and are recycling more than ever.
“Households are not using the bring to recycling banks as much as they used to, and many sites suffer from high levels of fly-tipping.
“The more problematic sites are a drain on resources as our staff has to be taken from their regular duties to clean up the mess left by fly-tippers.
“The need for these sites has reduced over time and in the next few years, we are likely to see more initiatives from the central government such as deposit return schemes that will reduce the need even more.
“Removing the sites gradually will mean our staff waste less time clearing up fly-tips and help us focus our efforts on keeping the borough clean.”
