Bank holiday service changes

View details of the May bank holiday service changes, including bin collections.

Waste and recycling collections

There are some minor changes to the scheduled waste and recycling collections due to the bank holiday on Monday 27 May.

Craven area waste and recycling collections

Collections in the Craven area will be taking place as normal.

You can check the Craven bin collection days online and find your bin day.

Hambleton area waste and recycling collections

There will be no collections on Monday 27 May. All collections, including garden waste, due to take place on or after the bank holiday Monday will take place one day later than usual.

If your bin is normally collected on Mondays, it will be collected on Tuesday 28 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Tuesdays, it will be collected on Wednesday 29 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Wednesdays, it will be collected on Thursday 30 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Thursdays, it will be collected on Friday 31 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Fridays, it will be collected on Saturday 1 June.

You can check the Hambleton collection day online and find your bin day.

Harrogate area waste and recycling collections

Collections may be collected later than normal.

You can check the Harrogate collection day online and find your bin day. You can also sign up to our text and email alerts to notify you directly about your collections.

Richmondshire area waste and recycling collections

There will be no collections on Monday 27 May. All collections due to take place on or after the bank holiday Monday will take place one day later than usual.

If your bin is normally collected on Mondays, it will be collected on Tuesday 28 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Tuesdays, it will be collected on Wednesday 29 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Wednesdays, it will be collected on Thursday 30 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Thursdays, it will be collected on Friday 31 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Fridays, it will be collected on Saturday 1 June.

You can check the Richmond collection day online and find your bin day.

Ryedale area waste and recycling collections

There will be no collections on Monday 27 May. All collections due to take place on or after the bank holiday Monday will take place one day later than usual. Garden waste collections will take place as normal.

If your bin is normally collected on Mondays, it will be collected on Tuesday 28 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Tuesdays, it will be collected on Wednesday 29 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Wednesdays, it will be collected on Thursday 30 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Thursdays, it will be collected on Friday 31 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Fridays, it will be collected on Saturday 1 June.

You can check the Ryedale collection day online and find your bin day.

There are no commercial waste collections on bank holiday Monday. Other collections this week could be early so for information about how your particular commercial waste collections are affected or to arrange additional collections please contact us.

Scarborough area waste and recycling collections

There will be no collections on Monday 27 May. All collections due to take place on or after the bank holiday Monday will take place one day later than usual. 

If your bin is normally collected on Mondays, it will be collected on Tuesday 28 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Tuesdays, it will be collected on Wednesday 29 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Wednesdays, it will be collected on Thursday 30 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Thursdays, it will be collected on Friday 31 May.

If your bin is normally collected on Fridays, it will be collected on Saturday 1 June.

You can check the Scarborough collection day online and find your bin day.

Selby area waste and recycling collections

There are no changes to collections.

You can check the Selby collection day online and find your bin day.

Customer services

Our customer service centres are closed to all routine queries on Monday 27 May. They will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 28 May.

We will not be monitoring or responding to messages on social media during this time.

Emergencies

In the event of an emergency our teams will be available. Services included in the emergency response are:

  • social care
  • housing services and homelessness
  • registrars
  • Trading Standards
  • highways
  • faulty Lifeline equipment
  • Ryecare
  • customer service centre emergency duty team

For contact details please visit our contact us page.

Library opening hours

Almost all of our libraries will be closed on Monday 27 May. You can find out more about your local library, including opening times.

Although the buildings may be closed, you can still use North Yorkshire’s free digital library. There are thousands of free eBooks and eAudio books, as well as eNewspapers, eMagazines and eComics available to borrow, and you can consult a wide range of free reference resources, day and night. You can also find all your digital resources in one place on the North Yorkshire library app, which can be downloaded to mobile devices from the App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android devices. Search for ‘North Yorkshire Libraries’.

County record office

Our record office will be closed as normal on Monday 27 May. The office will reopen at 9.30am on Tuesday 28 May.

Registration offices

All registration offices are closed on Monday 27 May. They will reopen on Tuesday 28 May. Please check opening times for individual offices if you are planning to visit.

You can still book an appointment to register a birthregister a deathgive notice of wedding or civil partnership and buy copy certificates online while we are closed.

Household waste recycling centres

Our household waste recycling centres are open as normal on Monday 27 May, from 8.30am to 5pm.

Please allow enough time to unload your waste before the site closes. View details for all of our sites including what you can recycle.