Listen to siteThe County Council, the seven District Councils and the Environment Agency have formed the Lincolnshire Waste Partnership and our aim is to deliver sustainable waste management services to the community.
In Lincolnshire we produce around 360,000 tonnes of municipal waste each year, and it's growing annually by about 1.7%. Most of this rubbish is collected directly from your home or taken to our Household Waste Recycling Centres, amounting to about half a tonne of waste per year for each person living in the county.
Last year we recycled and composted 40% of our waste, with the remaining 60% being sent to landfill.
However, waste management in the county now needs to change to meet new national and European laws.
Some of the main challenges are to:
- Divert waste away from landfill to new treatment facilities
- Increase recycling, composting and energy recovery
- Minimise waste to stop the 1.7% annual growth rate
Since 2005 the amount of waste we can send to landfill has been set by the Government. This quantity is being significantly reduced each year. If the Council exceeds this limit we will have to pay a fine of £150 per tonne for each tonne landfilled over our allowance. This could lead to the County Council being fined millions of pounds each year.
To prevent these fines we need to invest in new residual waste treatment facilities now so that we can stop sending so much waste to landfill.
To address these issues we have revised our Waste Strategy which sets out how we intend to deal with our waste for the next fifteen years, and the options available to us as alternatives to landfilling our waste.
To find out more about our Waste Strategy select the documents from the Download section.
A Public consulation report has been compiled on the Waste Strategy and is available in the Download section. We would also like to thank all those who contributed, your comments have influenced this consultation.
Last Updated: 7 October 2008
Also in: Recycling & Waste
- Flytipping
- Hazardous Waste Collection
- Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for Lincolnshire June 2008
- Landfill
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