Rubbish, waste and recycling

We provide a wide range of waste and recycling services, including household refuse and kerbside recycling collections, garden waste collections, recycling banks, household waste recycling centres and commercial waste collections.

In this section:

• NEW:Household Waste Recycling Centre Permit Scheme
  Details about the introduction of the new household waste recycling permit scheme
• Commercial waste and recycling
  Find out more about commercial waste and recycling in York
• Composting
  Composting reduces waste as well as producing a useful humus material that improves the texture, porosity, water retention and organic content of soil
• Flytipping
  Use our online form to report flytipping. Let us know the exact details of where it occurred, what you saw and the vehicle registration
• Household waste
  Collections, recycling centres, domestic bins, garden waste and special collection services
• Litter
  Use our online form to report any type of litter including animal mess, chewing gum, dead animals, damaged or full dog bins, grass cuttings, glass, gravel, grit, leaves and blossom, damaged or full litter bins, moss, paint, vomit or weeds
• Recycling
  Where to recycle, the kerbside recycling scheme, composting and how to reduce waste
• Reducing waste
  Not producing waste in the first place benefits the environment even more than recycling. Find out how you can reduce the amount of waste you produce
• Advice for students
  Advice and guidance to all students on how to get to grips with what waste services are available in York
• Customer standards
  The waste and recycling customer standards explain our commitment to customers and what we will do to maintain the environment
• York's waste strategy
  We have developed a strategy with North Yorkshire County Council and the District Councils within North Yorkshire for dealing with the area's rubbish for the next 20 to 25 years