Environment

Household Waste Recycling Centres in Spalding, Wyberton and Bourne will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

A garden waste service run by South Kesteven District Council has enjoyed a successful 2016 with more than 28,000 people coming on board this year.

Families in South Holland are being urged to help cut contamination levels in recycling bins by making sure that tins, bottles and other containers are empty.

An angry passer-by has posted a picture of a large pile of furniture dumped by a country lane near Grantham.

Sixteen hardy Rivercare volunteers turned out on Saturday morning to clean up the River Witham in Grantham.

Households in the Deepings and Bourne are being advised that rubbish collections will take place a day later than normal over the Christmas period.

Bourne Garden Club meets for its December event at the Abbey Church Hall on Thursday at 7.30pm.

Waste collections will take place a day later over the festive period in South Kesteven.

The man in charge of the Environment Agency has praised a project near Grantham which has seen wildlife habitat restored and flood relief improved.

The River Witham has burst its banks in Wyndham Park, Grantham, following yesterday’s heavy rain.

A water bailiff says he fears for children’s lives because vegetation has been allowed to grow unchecked on the banks of the Grantham Canal in the town.

A resident of Thames Road is calling on the district council to cut away overgrowing bushes and repair broken tarmac which she says is a danger to pedestrians.

The Woodland Trust has thousands of free tree packs to give away to schools and community groups.

Owners of a 200-year-old stone windmill are celebrating after receiving grants of more than £70,000 to help conserve the building and provide a heritage visitor centre.

A notorious Grantham ‘grot spot’ has become the focus of a targeted campaign by the district council to crack down on fly-tipping.

Schools are being offered the chance to green-up their grounds and make outdoor learning fun with free trees.

Schools are being offered a new chance to green-up their grounds and make outdoor learning fun with free trees.

There’s just days left for Lincolnshire residents and businesses to potentially save money on their winter energy bills with the Lincolnshire Energy Switch Scheme.

County councillors have this afternoon (Monday) unanimously rejected plans to create a huge quarry and landfill tip in countryside to the south of Denton.

A pair of cyclists believe they spotted the elusive Rutland panther while out for a ride yesterday evening.