Rubbish, waste and recycling
Waste Collections Week Commencing 30 August
2010
All waste collections will be one day late following Bank
Holiday Monday 30 August 2010. Trade waste customers will have been
advised separately.
Welcome
Welcome to our Rubbish Waste and Recycling pages. You
will find useful hints and tips and general information on waste
and recycling by following the links on the left. The
Household
Waste Collection page is a great place to start.
General Information
Visit the
Special household collections page
for details of organisations who may be glad to take your
unwanted items of furniture and other household items.
News
Information
Information
Reduce your rubbish - this is the best
option.
Re-use the item instead of throwing it away.
Recycle your rubbish: everyone is getting into the
habit.
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Recycling
electricals and batteries
New laws mean that Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, as
well as batteries should no longer be put in together with
non-recyclable waste for landfill.
Household Waste Recycling Centres (skip sites) in Ryedale are
geared up to accept batteries and electrical items and the site
attendant can provide assistance in terms of helping you put them
in the right container on site.
There are five different categories of electrical
equipment:
* Cathode Ray Tubes (eg. tv’s and computer monitors with large
heavy backs to them)
* Cooling devices – fridges and freezers
* Fluorescent Tubes (incl small energy saving lamps)
* White goods – washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers and
cookers
* Small appliances such as toasters, kettles, hairdryers and
battery operated appliances
You can still have your large white electrical goods picked up
from your home by the council’s bulky collection service and these
items will then be recycled.
Also, some major retailers offer their own in-store take back
scheme. When you buy your new electrical appliance the old one will
be collected free of charge. If this service exists the Council
would encourage residents to use this service.
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Give or Take Day
Events
Interested in setting up a waste exchange
event?
Community groups in Ryedale have already run
successful ‘Give or Take’ day events in Kirkbymoorside and Malton.
‘Give or Take’ days are community waste exchange events, giving the
chance for people to pass on unwanted household items, such as
bric-a-brac or furniture, and for others to pick up something they
really need. And it’s all for FREE! 
Give or Take Days’ offer an exciting
opportunity for people to have a clear out of household items
cluttering up their home or garage, and provides others the chance
to pick up items they need. Most people have something they would
be happy to donate and there is usually no shortage of items.
The days also offer those on low incomes,
or tight household budgets, a chance to pick up household items
they need. By exchanging goods we can all save a bit of money.
It’s fun for all the family and you never
know, you might find something that you have always been looking
for – for free!
If you need more information about how to set
up your own ‘Give or Take ‘day contact Streetscene by email on
streetscene@ryedale.gov.uk
or telephone (01653) 600666.
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The Waste Collection
Commitment
In August 2009 the Waste and Resources
Action Programme (WRAP) in partnership with the Local Government
Association (LGA) set out details of a new national initiative -
the Waste Collection Commitment. All local authorities have been
invited to make a commiment to adopt the first set of principles
for a good waste and recyling service, based on the views of the
public.
The Commitment aims to help local authorities improve residents'
satisfaction with how their rubbish and recycling is collected and
to boost recycling levels. The commitment, which is based on
research from residents' views on their likes and dislikes about
their existing services and on consultation with local authorities,
sets out in simple terms the principles which should underline
domestic waste and recycling services.
The Commitment is strongly supported by the York and North
Yorkshire Waste Partnership and all partners are encouraged to sign
up to the initiative.
The Council agreed to sign up to the Commitment in January 2010
and the document is available to download in the sidebar to the
right.
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Why do we need to
recycle?
Before recycling became popular in
the 1990's, most of Ryedale's rubbish was sent to a landfill site
(formerly a large stone quarry) in Thornton le Dale. This site
lasted about 25 years and was closed in 2009.
Another site is now being used but like all landfills it fills
up rather quickly, so there is a real need to reduce our waste, as
well as to recycle more of it.
As well as being unsightly, messy and smelly, landfill sites
emit methane (a potent greenhouse gas) and produce leachate (a
liquid which gathers at the bottom of the landfill). Both of
these are problematic and expensive to manage and treat.
There will always be a need for some landfill capacity but the
less reliant we are on this form of disposal, the more sustainable
we will be in managing our waste.
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York &
North Yorkshire Waste
Partnership
In order to better
deal with the waste problem in this country, the Government has
urged Councils to develop partnership working. The York and North
Yorkshire Waste Partnership (the ‘Partnership’) was formed in 1998
when all waste collection and disposal councils in York and North
Yorkshire began working closely together. The Partnership’s aim is
to arrive at cost effective solutions to deliver more sustainable
ways of dealing with waste.
The Partnership comprises Craven, Hambleton,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough,
Selby and York Councils.
Following a comprehensive consultation process with householders
across the Partnership area, a Joint Municipal Waste Management
Strategy was developed, setting out ways that waste will be dealt
with in the future. Challenging targets for waste reduction,
recycling and disposal mean that there will be very different ways
in dealing with waste in the future, other than the traditional
method of landfill.
The first strategy, entitled ‘Let's Talk Rubbish’ was produced
in July 2002 as a response to new EU and UK waste legislation.
Since that time, new laws were introduced, which meant that a new
strategy had to be developed to ensure that the Partnership was
able to respond to changes and be able to meet demanding new
targets.
An updated strategy entitled 'Let’s Talk Less Rubbish’ was
formally adopted in June 2006 by all elected Members in the
relevant authorities and sets out how waste in York and North
Yorkshire will be dealt with, up until 2026. This Municipal Waste
Management Strategy is the basis of the majority of the work
carried out by the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership.
To find out what's happening with waste collection and disposal
across North Yorkshire visit the York & North Yorkshire
Waste Partnership website.
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Hints and
Tips
The Recycle Now website is an
excellent resource for news, information, hints and tips to help
you recycle. There are sections for recycling in the garden, at
work and at school. Visit the Recycle Now website for more
information.
To dispose of any excess or bulkier waste there are a number of
Household Waste Recycling Centres (skipsites) in Ryedale, managed
by North Yorkshire County Council. Please see the link below for
more information.