Tip staff give site a monstrous makeover

Workers have used discarded tyres and other waste to create a series of displays at Grimsby Community Recycling Centre

Staff at a waste tip in Grimsby have given the site a scary makeover, using household rubbish, ahead of Halloween.

The Community Recycling Centre (CRC) is now home to a series of displays and sculptures featuring pumpkins, skeletons and even a guillotine.

Site supervisor Matty Harlow said: "We just think of a theme and go with it, it's all recycled and is just stuff that's been brought into the tip".

The council-run recycling centres, in Grimsby and Immingham, are open 08:00 to 18:00 GMT every day, except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Grimsby tip site supervisor Matty Harlow said it had taken staff a week to build the displays

It took the CRC workers around a week to create the displays which have been upcycled and crafted from items which would have ended up in landfill.

The site has previously spread Christmas cheer by creating festive scenes and also makes an annual tribute for Remembrance Day.

The Halloween displays feature pumpkins, spiders and other spooky creations

Councillor Henry Hudson, portfolio holder for environment and net zero at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: "The award-winning staff at Grimsby and Immingham tips do a brilliant job and always raise a smile when there's something to celebrate.

"Anyone who has visited the tip will see the lengths they go to to make the site a fun place to recycle things you don't need."

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