NEWLINCS operate two Community Recycling Centres (CRC's) within North East Lincolnshire, one in Grimsby & one in Immingham. These CRC's have facilities to accept a whole range of recyclable materials as well as bulky household items. Operations and maintenance activities are contracted to Grimsby Operations Ltd (a subsidiary of Tiru) The CRC’s are open every day (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day) from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. for the disposal and recycling of household materials. If you are unsure whether the type of waste you want to dispose of at the site is suitable, please check North East Lincolnshire Councils waste Information website or telephone the Waste Hotline on 01472 325841 before you load your car!

If you’re not already recycling, find out more about how easy it is and how you can really make a difference. For those who already recycle, discover the positive effect your recycling efforts are making and find out what else you may be able to do.

When we recycle, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources. If used materials are not recycled, new products are made by extracting fresh, raw material from the Earth, through mining and forestry.

Recycling helps conserve important raw materials and protects natural habitats for the future.

Using recycled materials in the manufacturing process uses considerably less energy than that required for producing new products from raw materials – even when comparing all associated costs including transport etc.

Plus there are extra energy savings because more energy is required to extract, refine, transport and process raw materials ready for industry compared with providing industry-ready materials.

Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging), refining and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution.

As recycling saves energy it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to tackle climate change. Current UK recycling is estimated to save more than 18 million tonnes of C02 a year – the equivalent to taking 5 million cars off the road.

When we recycle, recyclable materials are reprocessed into new products, and as a result the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites reduces. There are over 1,500 landfill sites in the UK, and in 2001, these sites produced a quarter of the UK’s emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.