South Kesteven District Council revealed this week that some 20,000 purple-lidded bins have been delivered to homes in the district, ahead of a launch of collections from February 2024.
It is the fifth local authority in Lincolnshire to adopt the scheme, with just South Holland District Council and City of Lincoln Council to go, before the whole county has purple bins for dry paper and cardboard.
It comes as Lincolnshire County Council’s Environment and Economy Committee announced plans earlier this year for every district in Lincolnshire to have purple bins for dry cardboard and paper recycling from the start of 2025.
SKDC Deputy Chief Executive, Richard Wyles, said: “Together, we need to do all we can to help our environment by reducing the amount of waste we produce and reusing items where we can.
“Our trained SKDC team, in partnership with Lincolnshire County Council, will work hard to help everyone get ready for this change, and we are already hosting information roadshows across the district to put people in the picture.”
The county council has since confirmed that discussions are underway with both South Holland and City of Lincoln over the purple bin rollout, but time constraints are not an issue in relation to the government’s plan to standardise recycling across the country from 2026, as Lincolnshire’s current regulation around recycling matches the requirements for standardised recycling already.
Cllr Daniel McNally, executive member for waste at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We are continuing our discussions with City of Lincoln Council and South Holland District Council about bringing purple-lidded bins to their districts.
“Together we will give residents in those districts plenty of notice ahead of any changes to their recycling collections.”
“South Holland District Council have not yet had any formal discussions with Lincolnshire County Council about this implementation and we believe is not likely to be for a while yet, given that South Kesteven are not due to start until Feb 2024.
“The timescale for decision is very much based on the progression of the councils ahead of us, and a proposal would go to Full Council closer to the time of potential implementation.”
Over 7,200 households in North Kesteven, Boston and South Holland put their clean, dry paper and card into a separate purple recycling bin/sack during 2020 trials of the fresh recycling scheme.
South Kesteven District Council is attempting to be proactive to combat this concern, visiting houses where issues such as space or people feeling they don’t need an additional bin have arisen. A dedicated customer service team are staffing phones and emails to answer any questions residents have about the scheme, also.
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