Nigel Hatton, who is the Gardening Co-ordinator at the Lincolnshire Co-operative Home Store in Tritton Road, Lincoln, with the recycled compost.
Locally-produced compost made up of grass cuttings, hedge clippings and leaves from green bins across the county has gone on sale in 71 Lincolnshire Co-operatives.
The fertiliser, Lincolnshire Multi Purpose Organic Compost, is made by MEC Recycling based in Swinderby, just outside of Lincoln.
The firm has a contract with the County Council to recycle all the green waste from the City of Lincoln Council and a couple of other nearby districts.
The contract also includes recycling over 2,500 tonnes of garden waste from the council’s Household Waste Recycling Centre at Great Northern Terrace.
The compost by MEC Recycling is part of Lincolnshire Co-operative’s Local Choice range, which features over 70 local products such as beer, bread, crisps, cheese and ice cream.
Compost and Sales Manager Matthew Chapman said: “We’re pleased to be working with Lincolnshire Co-operative because of its backing for local products.
“We felt the people there understood where we come from as we’re a county business.
“Our compost is as good as anything else out there and there is the added angle of cutting transport costs as it has only travelled from our site to the store.
“It’s a good base product as it can be used for so many things – in hanging baskets, in planters, in the beds, even for house plants.”
Machinery turning the compost, allowing it to mature before going on sale.
MEC Recycling is a family-run company, which runs alongside the arable farm, set up 50 years ago.
Every year, MEC Recycling processes around 20,000 tonnes of green waste, producing around 14,000 tonnes of compost.
Director of Housing and Community Services at the City of Lincoln Council John Bibby said: “Green waste collections are very popular in Lincoln and help to reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill.
“We’re very pleased to see that the green waste we collect from local residents is being recycled locally by MEC Recycling and Lincolnshire Co-op to make that waste available as compost for use in gardens across the county.”
The compost can be bought from stores such as the Co-op Home Store Tritton Road for £2.99 per 30 litre bag, as well as the Lincolnshire Organic Garden Compost, which retails at £2.69.
Source: Lincolnshire Co-op
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A large fire that saw plumes of smoke fill the air in Bardney over the weekend is being treated as arson, police have confirmed today.
Lincolnshire Police were called to reports of a large number of tyres and vehicles on fire in Station Road at about 6.10pm on Sunday, May 15.
The fire service worked through the night to contain the blaze, and fortunately there have been no reported injuries.
Firefighters were at the scene overnight.
A police spokesperson said: “We believe that the fire was started deliberately, and we are currently reviewing evidence in relation to a suspected arson.
“We are currently at the scene, and we are not able to comment on the extent of fire damage until their investigations are concluded.”
At the height of the blaze, Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue had eight engines at the scene, but this has since been scaled down to one.
Emergency repairs to the A16 near Crowland have been completed just over 48 hours after the road had to be closed due to a dramatic lorry fire that melted the surface.
Lincolnshire County Council’s highways department was forced to close the A16 south of Crowland on Friday, following a lorry catching fire the day before on the road.
The temperatures from the blaze were so high the road surface melted, with various materials from the lorry itself welding to the road as a result of the heat.
A before and after of the road. | Photo: Lincolnshire County Council
It happened across both sides of the road, within metres of a busy roundabout, though thankfully no casualties were reported.
The road was closed over the weekend to allow for emergency repair works, and after 48 hours of intense, frantic action, it is now open again thanks to a rapid response.
The ruined road surface was removed and the damaged sides were rebuilt, with an entire new top layer of the A16 laid down, treated and painted in just one weekend.
It means the road was closed for just over 48 hours, as the road reopened to the publicly 10pm on Sunday.
An unbelievably quick turnaround given the severity of the damage caused from the fire. | Photo: Lincolnshire County Council
Councillor Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “What a great effort by everyone involved to get this section of damaged road up and running.
“The damage to the road surface was so intense that smaller repairs were out of the question and a full resurface of the road was the only option we had.
“We worked extremely hard to get this road stripped back and rebuilt as quickly as possible and the results can be seen for themselves.
“I want to thank everyone involved in this swift repair and I also want to thank all road users for their patience whilst we carried out the work in a very short timeframe.”
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