Rubbish, waste and recycling

We provide a wide range of waste and recycling services. These include household refuse, garden waste and kerbside recycling collections. We have various types of recycling banks across the city, three household waste recycling centres and commercial waste collections for businesses.

In this section:

• Household waste and recycling
  Refuse, recycling and garden waste collections, what we collect and when, special and assisted collection services and home collections of clinical waste
• Commercial waste and recycling
  Find out more about commercial waste and recycling in York
• Reduce, reuse and recycle
  List of charity shops and reuse organisations that you can donate to. Information about reducing junk mail, using real nappies and reducing packaging. Tips on reducing waste. What you can and can’t recycle, recycling in school and a helpful recycling A-Z
• Composting
  Composting can reduce the amount of waste that you throw away and also produce compost material that improves the texture and water retention of your soil. Information about composting, home composters and their benefits and the work of York rotters in the community
• 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
• 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 recycling centres
  Information about the new household waste recycling centre permit scheme. The three household waste recycling centres in York - where they are, the facilities on offer and what you can take to them
• Bring recycling banks
  Locations and facilities of recycling banks in York
• Advice for students
  Advice and guidance to all students on how to get to grips with what waste services are available in York
• Upcoming events
  Up coming events helping you to reduce, reuse and recycle. Find out how you can be involved!
• 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
• Customer standards
  The waste and recycling customer standards explain our commitment to customers and what we will do to maintain the environment