WW1 shell and Sinclair C5 end up at Lincolnshire recycling centres

A Sinclair C5 electric tricycle, like the one pictured, was taken to a North East Lincolnshire recycling centre last year

As the old saying goes, one man's trash is another's treasure...

North East Lincolnshire Council has shared some of the more unusual items that tipped up at its recycling centres in Grimsby and Immingham in 2023.

Relics included a Sinclair C5 electric tricycle from the 1980s, an American bobsleigh from the 1940s and a repurposed German World War One shell.

Officials said a replica electric chair was even discarded.

Some items that arrive at recycling centres are resold, North East Lincolnshire Council said

Councillor Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for the environment, said some discarded items are resold, with proceeds going to local charities.

He said: "Our community recycling centres are exceptional in helping achieve the council's aims for the local environment.

"Reselling these items and finding a new use for them helps to promote our goal of becoming more sustainable. What the teams are doing by giving these proceeds to local charities is fantastic too."

This vintage bike was taken to a North Lincolnshire recycling centre

The German shell had been turned into a coal bucket, the council said.