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Polystyrene

Household polystyrene can be disposed, free of charge, at all household waste recycling centres.

This is not recycled and should be placed in the waste for energy recovery skip.

Find out more about polystyrene at recyclenow.com.

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Find your local household waste recycling centre

Select your local household waste recycling centre below for more information about other items you can take to the sites, location, opening hours and any restrictions that apply.

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Alternatively, select your nearest centre below:

  • Mobile household waste recycling centres
  • Burniston household waste recycling centre
  • Catterick Bridge household waste recycling centre
  • Harrogate household waste recycling centre
  • Leeming Bar household waste recycling centre
  • Leyburn household waste recycling centre
  • Malton and Norton household waste recycling centre
  • Northallerton household waste recycling centre
  • Ripon household waste recycling centre
  • Seamer Carr household waste recycling centre
  • Selby household waste recycling centre
  • Settle household waste recycling centre
  • Skipton household waste recycling centre
  • Sowerby household waste recycling centre
  • Stokesley household waste recycling centre
  • Tadcaster household waste recycling centre
  • Tholthorpe household waste recycling centre
  • Thornton-le-Dale household waste recycling centre
  • West Harrogate household waste recycling centre
  • Whitby household waste recycling centre
  • Wombleton household waste recycling centre

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