Clifton Primary School: ‘Recycle Me a City’ project empowers schoolchildren to tackle waste 15th October 2025 Pupils from Clifton Primary School recently joined Hull City Council’s recycling officers to ‘Recycle Me a City’, a hands-on session designed to raise awareness about waste, recycling, and environmental responsibility. Held earlier this month, the session began with an engaging presentation from the council’s recycling officers. The presentation introduced the pupils to the impact of […] Read more Environment News Waste Clifton Primary SchoolCouncillor Charles QuinnLove Your NeighbourhoodLove Your StreetRecycle Me a Cityrecycling
Christmas bin collection dates and recycling centre opening times 12th December 2024 Hull City Council is reminding residents to check their bin collection days over the festive period. Due to the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year, there will be changes to the usual collection schedule. Hull residents can check their collection days at any time via the online bin collection day checker or on the 2024-25 calendars […] Read more News Waste Christmas 2024Christmas bin collectionsCllr Quinnrecyclingrecycling centres
Council urges residents to dispose of Halloween pumpkins responsibly 29th October 2024 With Halloween just around the corner, Hull City Council is reminding residents how to dispose of their pumpkins responsibly. Whilst many people enjoy the tradition of pumpkin carving, every year millions of pumpkins are incorrectly discarded, contributing to significant food waste and environmental harm. Pumpkins are great for making soups and pies, with hundreds of […] Read more News Waste brown binCouncillor Charles QuinnHalloweenPumpkinsrecycling
How to recycle your festive waste and have a green Christmas 23rd December 2022 Christmas is a time for celebration, generosity and goodwill. But for many of us it’s also a time of excess – and that includes excess waste. With all that extra packaging, wrapping paper and food and drink over the festive period, the amount of household waste we produce goes up by about a third. Most of […] Read more Christmas News Waste Christmas 2022recycling
Christmas bin collection dates and recycling centre opening times 14th December 2022 Hull City Council is reminding residents to check their bin collection days over the festive period. Because of the bank holidays over Christmas and New Year, there will be changes to the usual collection schedule. Hull residents can check their collection days at any time via the online bin collection day checker or on the […] Read more News Waste BinsChristmas 2022recycling
Don’t forget to donate your unwanted Christmas jumpers 23rd November 2022 There is just one week left for people to donate unwanted children’s Christmas jumpers to help local families and keep textiles out of wheelie bins. Over the past few years, Hull City Council has collected about 200 Christmas jumpers and delivered them to schools in priority areas identified by the council’s Love Your Street project. […] Read more Christmas News Waste Christmas 2022Christmas wasterecyclingwaste management
Innovative recycling partnership recognised in prestigious awards 18th October 2022 Hull City Council is celebrating after an innovative recycling partnership was highly commended at a prestigious awards ceremony. The partnership, between Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Dove House Hospice and FCC Environment, has led to the creation of a new Reuse Electricals shop in Marfleet Lane, Hull, selling large domestic appliances. The […] Read more News Waste Household waste and recycling centresrecyclingReuse shop
‘Tis the season to donate unwanted Christmas jumpers 17th October 2022 Hull City Council is appealing for people to donate unwanted children’s Christmas jumpers to help local families and keep textiles out of wheelie bins. Over the past few years, the council has collected about 200 Christmas jumpers and delivered them to schools in priority areas identified by the council’s Love Your Street project. For many […] Read more News Waste Christmas 2022recycling
New 2022/23 waste and recycling packs on the way to all households 30th September 2022 All households in Hull will soon receive their new waste and recycling packs. The packs include a new bin collection calendar for 2022/23 and a residents’ pass for Hull’s household waste and recycling centres, with a guide to recycling right. Owing to an error by the external printing company, some residents received incorrect packs. As […] Read more News Waste BinsHousehold waste and recycling centresrecyclingwaste packs
Free compost giveaway to thank residents for putting ‘food waste in the right place’ 12th July 2022 Hull City Council is giving away 2,400 bags of compost to thank residents for using their brown bins to recycle food and garden waste. As part of the “food waste in the right place” campaign, which started in 2019, black bins across Hull were fitted with tags reminding people that all cooked and uncooked food […] Read more News Waste Binsbrown binrecycling
Hull Recycles Right 16th September 2021 Hull residents will receive their new waste and recycling packs over the next few weeks which include hints and tips to help them recycle as much of their waste as possible. The packs contain information on what can and cannot be recycled and includes: a new collection calendar an annual resident’s pass for household waste […] Read more Waste Cllr Rosie Nicolahousehold wasteHousehold waste recycling centres hullrecyclingWheelie bins
Check your bin collection dates over the festive period 18th December 2020 Waste collection dates for Hull residents will be changing over the Christmas and New Year break. Bin collections will change slightly over a three-week period, before returning to normal next month. Councillor Anita Harrison, portfolio holder for waste management at Hull City Council, said: “We would like to remind residents to check their bin collection […] Read more News Waste Councillor Anita HarrisonHousehold waste and recycling centresrecycling
