Each of the five winners will get a £50 voucher with their bin collection calendar, and waste and recycling centre pass
Five lucky households in Hull will find a golden ticket in their 2025/26 waste and recycling packs. Each winner will get a £50 Love2shop voucher so people are being urged to check theirs carefully!
The packs include a bin collection calendar, a resident pass for Hull’s household waste and recycling centres, a guide to recycling correctly, and information of Simpler Recycling and what changes can be expected from March next year, including weekly food waste collections. Even if you miss out on a golden ticket, anyone who completes the waste pack survey will be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 Love2Shop voucher.
Councillor Charles Quinn, portfolio holder for environment at Hull City Council, said: “These packs include essential information to help residents manage their household waste correctly. The addition of the golden tickets is a fun way to engage residents and emphasise the importance of proper waste management. I urge everyone to keep their eye out for a ticket!”
As well as providing information about bin collection dates and the household waste and recycling centres, the council says the packs will help residents recycle more effectively and reduce contamination. The key message being promoted this year is ‘keep it dry, keep it loose, keep it clean’, encouraging residents to give food containers a rinse in their washing-up water if needed, let them dry, and to avoid bagged waste in the blue recycling bin.
Cllr Quinn added: “By recycling right using your blue bin, brown bin, and food caddy, we can save a significant amount of money. This money will be reinvested into local council services and the economy.
“Please remember to rinse any food waste off your recycling before putting it in the blue bin, to help reduce contamination. It is also essential that you only put the correct items in your blue bin. Please keep bagged waste, vapes, food waste, nappies, and clothes out of your blue bin, otherwise, we can’t empty it.”
The annual resident pass allows people living in Hull to use the household waste and recycling centres at Burma Drive, Wiltshire Road and Sutton Fields, which are all open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm.
Currently brown bins are collected every two weeks, but the council has received £1.495m of government funding for the introduction of weekly food waste collections. Hull City Council will not be alone in this venture – from April 1, 2026, all local authorities in England must offer weekly food waste collections.
In March, Adam McArthur, head of development, performance, and open spaces at Hull City Council, said: “We are dedicated to ensuring that Hull meets the new statutory requirements for waste collection, and we are committed to implementing a service that is both efficient and environmentally responsible.
“The approved weekly mixed brown bin collections will not only help us comply with Government legislation but also significantly enhance our recycling efforts and reduce overall waste. By adopting this new brown waste service, we aim to create a healthier, safer, and more sustainable city for all residents.
“We appreciate the community’s support and understanding as we implement this new statutory service.”