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North East Lincolnshire bin collection dates

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  • Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
  • Get an email the evening before
  • Print an A4 sheet for the fridge

Christmas and New Year bin collections in North East Lincolnshire

We had not found North East Lincolnshire Council’s arrangements for Christmas 2026 and New Year 2027 when we checked on 10 November 2026. We check every week until Christmas; councils often publish in late November or December.

Check the council’s bins information.

Look up your address above for its dates. Christmas and New Year collections across the UK.

Areas covered

Grimsby and Cleethorpes are in North East Lincolnshire. Council area information.

Enter your postcode to find the collecting council and dates for your address. Local names alone do not identify a collection round.

Missed bin or a problem

Bins in North East Lincolnshire

These are the containers used in North East Lincolnshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.

  • Household Waste

  • Garden

  • Green bin

  • Blue bin

  • Grey bin

  • Cans, Plastic & Glass

  • Paper

Container details

The container pictures and words are North East Lincolnshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.

Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.

Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from North East Lincolnshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.

Allow time for the sticker and schedule

Applies to: Garden waste subscribers.

After subscribing, allow ten working days for the sticker and collection schedule. Label the bin with your property number and put it at the agreed point before 7am. The council’s garden-waste page says missed collections can be reported from 2:30pm until the following midday.

Read the council’s full instructions. Checked 30 September 2026.

Links checked 19 September 2026.

Missed bin or a problem

Tell North East Lincolnshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.

Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.

  1. Make a complaint to North East Lincolnshire CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors

If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on North East Lincolnshire Council.

WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.

Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.

How North East Lincolnshire compares

Recycled or composted
37%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
Rubbish not recycled
575 kgper household a year
Cost of collections
£112per household a year. Similar councils: £74
Value for money
2 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.

Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.

Local bins and recycling news

AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.

September 2026 reporting described North East Lincolnshire’s plans for weekly food-waste collections from spring 2027, with new vehicles and collection routes being prepared. Some households could receive different collection days; larger containers were planned for shared properties, including flats. At scrutiny, councillors questioned whether the council would pay twice to dispose of food waste under its existing contract. The Labour group subsequently said NewLincs had agreed to drop one of those charges. Final costs were still being worked through. These reports describe preparations and proposed arrangements, not proof that a borough-wide service has already started.

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