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Recycling, rubbish and waste

North Yorkshire County Council is a Waste Disposal Authority (WDA).

Top recycling, rubbish and waste tasks

   Find your nearest household waste disposal site   Find out about household rubbish collections
   Find out about the municipal waste strategy for North Yorkshire   Find information and advice on household waste

   Find out about collection sites for recyclable waste

  Commercial waste and recycling

   Find out how to reduce your waste using home composting

  Household waste - special collections for large items

North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for:

  • The management of residual household waste (the rubbish that remains after reuse and recycling has taken place) and commercial and industrial waste collected by the district councils;
  • Providing household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) where the public can dispose of bulky items of household waste - and for the recycling, composting or disposal of waste delivered to them; and
  • The payment of incentives to community groups and district councils to encourage recycling and/or reuse. These are known as recycling or reuse credits.

If you would like any further information about recycling or would like to find out the location of your nearest HWRC please visit the individual web pages or contact the waste management team by e-mail on: waste.management@northyorks.gov.uk.

On 15 December 2010 Members of North Yorkshire County Council voted to award the long term waste treatment contract to AmeyCespa.  At its meeting on 30 October 2012 North Yorkshire County Council's Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee considered the report of the Corporate Director, Business and Environmental Services on AmeyCespa's planning application for Allerton Waste Recovery Park.  The committee heard representations from members of the public, local opposition groups and AmeyCespa, they agreed with the report's recommendation and voted to approve the application. Please visit the please visit the Municipal waste strategy page to find out more.

North Yorkshire County Council is a member of the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership (YNYWP).  To find out more about the work of the Partnership and its part in planning for a sustainable environmental future please visit our York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership (YNYWP) page on this website, or alternatively visit the partnership's website below.

Online mapping

You can find a range of information about the services we provide by using our online mapping.

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Weblinks
  • York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership
Contacts
North Yorkshire County Council waste management
waste.management@northyorks.go...
Tel: 01609 532512
Fax: 01609 772610



North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD | Tel: 0845 8 72 73 74 | Fax: 01609 532009
This page was last updated on 3 April 2013