Recycling

Recycling

To meet these targets the Council will need to build on the established network of bring recycling centres and kerbside recycling schemes.

There are facilities in the Harrogate District for the public to recycle:

• Glass bottles and jars
• Newspapers and magazines
• Mixed cans
• Junk mail
• Books
• Fruit juice etc. cartons (e.g. Tetrapak)
• Textiles, including shoes
• Plastic bottles

For further information on recycling visit http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/ or to find your nearest recycling site visit the recycle now website 

Schools and Recycling

Click here to find out about the services and information that we offer to schools.

Electrical Equipment and Batteries

Some high street retailers provide an  in-store take back scheme to customers for electrical and electronic items, when you purchase a new item from them.  However, not all shops do this, so it is best to check which stores currently offer a take back scheme first.  For further information on recycling electrical equipment click on the link above.

For information on energy efficient light bulbs click here

From 1 February 2010, distributors of portable batteries and accumulators will have to provide an in-store battery take-back facility for any member of the public who has some batteries to dispose of. Most large retailers that sell batteries will now have a take back facility for you to recycle your old batteries.

Bag It Up

Bag It Up run textile recycling banks through out the region, raising thousands of pounds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Textiles, bras, shoes, mobile phones and printer cartridges are collected and resold to second hand traders.

Local Bag It Up sites include:

• The Black A Moor Inn, Boroughbridge Road, Bridge Hewick, Ripon, HG4 5AA
• Majestic Wine,150 Skipton Road
• The Three Horseshoes, Ripon Road, Killinghall, Harrogate, HG3 2DH
• Sainsbury's, 5 Market Place East, Ripon, HG4 1BP
• RAF Menwith Hill Station, Menwith Hill, Harrogate, HG3 2RF
• Fishergate Car Park, Boroughbridge, YO51 9AL
• Ainsty Farm Shop, York Road, Green Hammerton YO26 8EQ
• The Crown Inn, Grewelthorpe Ripon, HG4 3BS
• Tockwith Village Hall, Marston Road, Tockwith YO26 7QS

For more information, visit the Bag It Up website 

Rethink Rubbish - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce your rubbish - for lots of tips on how to reduce, reuse and recycle more, visit the lets talk less rubbish website 

Recycling Myths Exploded 

Top tips on packaging.

Love Food Hate Waste?

Research into household food waste in the UK has revealed that we are throwing away 6.7m tonnes of food a year. If you would like to know how you can reduce your food waste visit the love food hate waste website.

Choose2Reuse Fairs

See theChoose2ReuseFair.pdf flyer for dates of fairs in the North Yorkshire area.

What industry are doing to prevent waste

See WRAP website for further information.

Recycling with Age Concern and Help the Aged

Cone Exchange

The Cone Exchange is a community recycling project. See their website for further information.

Nappies

Click here for information on using real nappies to help the environment.

Plastic bags and packaging

For the first time, shoppers can easily recycle thin plastic packaging such as bread bags and cereal liners thanks to an agreement between the country's biggest supermarkets and the On Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme. Thin plastic film is fully recyclable but until now most people have had no means of recycling it.

The products involved include: plastic-wrapped bakery goods, breakfast cereal liners, packaging for household goods (toilet roll wrap, kitchen roll wrap) plastic-wrapped grocery produce (fresh and frozen), multipack shrink wrap

Stores which collect plastic bags for recycling will now accept clean plastic film packaging in the same facilities. A new version of the on-pack label will appear on relevant packaging to encourage customers to dispose of it in this way. Carrier bag banks can be found at branches of Asda, The Co-operative Group, WM Morrison,  Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose.