Rubbish, waste and recycling
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.
Useful Documents.
Useful
Links.
Love Food
Hate Waste
A third of the food we buy in the UK ends
up being thrown away, that's 6.7 million tonnes of food every year.
And the most frustrating thing is that most of what we throw away
could have been eaten.
Wasted food is a waste of money and a major contributor to
climate change. Most of this waste ends up in landfill sites where
it rots and releases methane, a damaging greenhouse gas. The food
we throw away is also a huge waste of the energy, water and
packaging used in its production, transportation and storage.
Love Food Hate Waste is a
campaign from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) that
provides tasty leftover recipes, practical advice and top tips that
helps us cut back on wasting food. Visit Love Food Hate Waste for
more ways to love food and reduce our food waste.
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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Information
Why do we need to recycle?
In the past
most rubbish in Ryedale has been dumped in a landfill site. The
site that has been used is a few hundred yards from the centre of
Thornton le Dale, one of Ryedale's prettiest villages, a fact which
surprises many residents.
This site is due to close in July 2009. All Ryedale's rubbish
will then have to be transported to alternative sites further away
in vehicles, which only manage about 4 miles to a gallon of
diesel.
If nothing is done to reduce and recycle rubbish there will be
double the amount to collect and dispose of in 20 years. This is
not a sustainable pattern of managing waste that the next
generation will be pleased to inherit.
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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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Disposing of confidential
waste
Companies offering confidential document destruction services in
Ryedale include:
Todds Waste Management Tel: 01845
523131
Yorwaste Tel: 01609 774400
Paper Wise Tel: 01347
879142
Always check with the company that they have a valid Environment
Agency Waste Management Licence to handle this type of waste before
entering into any agreement.
Mobile Phones
If your school would like to raise funds and win prizes, why not
suggest they join the Fones4Schools mobile phone
recycling campaign? The phones collected can be of any age and
condition and all the phones will be diverted from landfill where
they could cause serious environmental damage.
For more information please see the link below to the
Fones4Schools website below.
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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.
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Useful Documents
Useful Links
Recycle Now .
Fones 4 Schools
Campaign .
Todds Waste Management
.
Yorwaste .
Paper Wise .
Love Food Hate
Waste .