Bin Standardisation and Contamination Rates

Commercial waste collection, bin standardisation, and contamination rates within your council.

Please provide the following data, if held, for the following calendar years:

1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025

1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026



1. The current standard bin colours used by the council for commercial and business waste collections for general waste, dry mixed recycling, paper and cardboard, glass, food waste.



2. The total tonnage of commercial/business recycling collected.



3. The total tonnage of commercial/business recycling that was rejected or sent to landfill/EfW (Energy from Waste) due to contamination.



4. The number of commercial/business waste collections refused (i.e. the bin was not emptied) by the collection crew due to bin contamination.



5. The number of formal warnings, fines, or Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued to businesses for failing to correctly separate waste or for bin contamination.



6. If possible, please provide the data in spreadsheet format (e.g. CSV or Excel).

WCA – Waste Collection Authorities: The 7 Individual District Councils that are responsible for the collection of waste

Lincolnshire County Council is a WDA – Waste Disposal Authority - responsible for the disposal of waste once collected.

1. For the Individual WCA’s.

2. Please see attached document

3. We do not have a separate rejection figure for commercial rejections – only for the mixed dry recyclables regardless of origin.

4. For the Individual WCA’s.

5. For the Individual WCA’s.

6.Please see attached document