Financial Expenditure Outturns Waste Services

Request

1a For all Authorities - Financial question: what are your Authority's financial expenditure outturns (revenue, not capital) for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 for your recycling and waste service?

What revenue budget for your recycling and waste service has your Authority set for 2025/26 Outturn for 2023/24 Outturn for 2024/25 Budget for 2025/26



1b For all Authorities - Financial question: What value (£) of Packaging EPR payment is your

Authority due to receive from Pack UK in 2025/26? To which of your Authority's services is this

funding allocated? (Please specify the service, or services, this funding is allocated to).

£ Value of pEPR payment 2025/26 Specify the service(s) your pEPR funding is allocated to.



2 For Waste Collection Authorities - Recycling services question: please indicate if your Authority already collects the complete range of these 'dry-recyclable' items from households; or the intended quarter period by which you will have collections for the complete range of these 'dry recyclable' items from households in place:

* Glass bottles and jars used as packaging;

* Steel and aluminium tin cans, aerosols, foils, food trays, jar & bottle lids, and aluminium tubes,

bottles and jars;

* Plastics PET, PP, LDPE and HDPE bottles, pots, tubs, trays and tubes.

* Plastic polyolefin film packaging and plastic bags (which contain a minimum of 90% by weight of

mono-polyethylene, mono-polypropylene, or both).

* All paper and card except the following …

o (a)fibre-based composite where the non-paper fibre content is more than 15% by weight,

o (b)fibre-based composite which has layers of plastic on both sides (double-sided lamination),

o (c)fibre-based composite cups,

o (d)paper and card to which glitter has been adhered,

o (e)paper and card to which foil has been adhered, where the non-paper fibre content is more than

15% by weight,

o (f)greaseproof, siliconised or waxed paper,

o (g)stickers,

o (h)padded polyethylene lined envelopes,

o (i)paperback and hardback books,

o (j)wallpaper.



3 My Authority already collects the complete range of the specified items from households: please

tick box if true.

OR …

My Authority intends to put in place collections from households for the complete range of

specified items by the quarter indicated: please tick the relevant quarter.

2025/26

Q3

2025/26

Q4

2026/27

Q1

2026/27

Q2

2026/27

Q3

2026/27

Q4

Later than

2026/27



3 For all Authorities - targets/ambitions: please indicate what authority-approved recycling targets/ambitions you have in place for, firstly, all recycling (dry-recycling and organics) and, secondly, for dry-recycling (i.e. the collective target for the range of packaging & other recyclable materials you collects and/or dispose of) for the years 2025/26, 2030/31 and 2035/36. Or if there are no authority approved targets for the specific years below, please indicate what recycling performance targets or ambitions your Authority has in place, if any.

Target Year Overall Recycling Target

(dry-recycling and organics)

Dry-recycling Target

2025/26

2030/31

2035/36

OR

Recycling performance targets/ambitions your Authority has in place, if any: please insert your text

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 

1a For all Authorities - Financial question: what are your Authority's financial expenditure outturns (revenue, not capital) for the years 2023/24 and 2024/25 for your recycling and waste service?
What revenue budget for your recycling and waste service has your Authority set for 2025/26

 

Outturn for 2023/24: £17,166,179

Outturn for 2024/25: £22,170,176

Budget for 2025/26: £24,584,788

1b For all Authorities - Financial question: What value (£) of Packaging EPR payment is your
Authority due to receive from Pack UK in 2025/26? To which of your Authority's services is this
funding allocated? (Please specify the service, or services, this funding is allocated to).

£ Value of pEPR payment 2025/26 from Pack UK: £6,925,140.45

Specify the service(s) your pEPR funding is allocated to: Waste

2. Lincolnshire County Council is the Waste Disposal Authority in Lincolnshire. The Waste Collection Authorities are West Lindsey District Council, East Lindsey District Council, City of Lincoln Council, North Kesteven District Council, South Kesteven District Council, Boston Borough Council, South Holland District Council.

3. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/corporate-plan

Overall County Recycling Rate: 50%

Recycling Rate at Household Waste Recycling Centre’s: 75%

Reference number
14075717
Date request received
10 October 2025
Date of decision
27 October 2025