The North Yorkshire Rotters, known as the Rotters, promote home composting, reduce, reuse and recycling and the 'love food hate waste' campaigns at events, talks and school workshops across North Yorkshire. These campaigns are promoted to highlight the practical ways that residents can reduce waste, save money and help the environment.
To help tackle these issues and to inspire people to change their waste habits, we coordinate a series of free talks and activities across North Yorkshire supported by the Rotters.
Visit the North Yorkshire Rotter’s website to find out more about the campaigns and what we can offer to schools and communities.
Talks
The Rotters can attend schools, groups and meetings to deliver free talks about the campaigns we promote. Please contact us to arrange a time and date, if your school club or group would like one of our Rotters to speak to your organisation about one or more of the following:
- home composting
- Love Food Hate Waste campaign
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Workshops
The Rotters can provide free workshops at schools and after school clubs and groups. Please contact us to arrange a time and date, if your school, club or group would like our Rotter to provide workshops including:
- smoothie making bike (food waste)
- wormery making (make a mini home composter)
- recycling bean bag game (Reuse, Recycle, Compost or bin it?)
Events
The Rotters can attend events during the week and weekends, including evenings, in North Yorkshire with an information stand and gazebo to promote the campaigns.
If you would like to book the Rotters to attend your event free of charge, please contact us to arrange a date and time.
March 2026
- Kirby in Bloom Green Day at The Mechanics Institute, Main Street, Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, HG4 3RS, on Saturday 14 March from 11am to 2pm
- North Yorkshire Rotters Love Food Hate Waste and home composting promotional stall at Pickering Market Place, YO18 7AA, on Monday 16 March from 9am to 2pm
- Ageing Well Health Fair at Selby Abbey, YO8 4PU, on Monday 16 March 2026 from 10.30am to 2.30pm
- Nigel Brown’s Love Food Hate Waste cookery demonstrations at Scarborough Indoor Market, Saint Helen's Square, Scarborough, YO11 1EU, on Saturday 21 March 2026 from 9am to 2pm
Volunteering
If you are passionate about environmental issues, volunteering with the Rotters is a great way to get involved with your community by raising awareness of the importance of home composting, promoting the Love Food Hate Waste campaign and encouraging people to reduce, reuse and recycle. Many members of the team volunteer elsewhere, and a third combines being a Rotter with paid employment. Find out more about volunteering with the Rotters.
Contact us
Contact us for more information about the North Yorkshire Rotters.
Testimonials
“The Team pitched the sessions really well for the age group” – Brougham Nursery School, June 2019
“The session was truly inspiring, made us all think about what we can all do individually and the power of collective action. The children were totally captivated” – Cowling Community Primary School, October 2019
“Many thanks to #NorthYorkshireRotters for talking to us about composting, recycling, and #lovefoodhatewaste It was really interesting and we love our wormeries!” - Jennyruth Workshops, May 2019
“A huge thank you to Jeff and Martin for visiting us and giving us lots of ‘food for thought’” - Applegarth Primary School, September 2019
“I would just like to say a massive thank you from Church Fenton Cubs. You are very well practiced at what you do, and you kept the cubs entertained all evening, they all listened well and did whatever you asked!” – Church Fenton Cubs, February 2019
“Just to say a massive thank you for delivering the sessions last week for our Beavers” – 3rd Harrogate Scout Group, February 2019
“Thank you so much for your most interesting talk yesterday. Lots of our members were chatting about it afterwards and had really enjoyed the presentation - even if they found the statistics on food waste shocking. Food for thought indeed!” - Talk to a WI, April 2019
“The W.I ladies really enjoyed the evening and we will recommend the Rotters! We all learnt so much, and are acutely aware of our waste now!!” – Dallowgill W.I
We had a splendid evening and Ian was a particularly amenable and knowledgeable speaker. – “Cleveland Outlook Group”