Bins, recycling and waste

Check your bin or recycling collection day

Check when your household waste, garden waste and recycling bins, boxes or bags will be collected.

Find out more about our fortnightly garden waste collections.

Find out about household waste recycling centres and the waste accepted at our centres.

Book a bulky waste collection for large household items too big to be taken away in your normal bin collections.

If your household waste, garden waste or recycling has been missed, we can arrange to collect it.

Order a new or replacement bin, box or bag for your household waste, garden waste and recycling.

Apply for a free assisted collection service if you struggle to put your bins out due to disability, illness, infirmity or other issues.

Apply for a bigger or extra bin if you have a large household or your household produces extra waste due to medical needs.

Check what you can put in your household rubbish, garden waste and recycling bins, sacks, boxes or bags.

Find out how the council can help you dispose of your business waste.

Find out how to safely dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous clinical waste including sharps bins.

Find information on types of hazardous waste, including domestic waste, commercial waste, clinical waste and asbestos.

Report a street cleaning or littering problem and find out about street cleaning services in your area.

Residents living in the former boroughs of Scarborough and Harrogate can sign up for free bin alerts.

Find out how different types of plastic are recycled in North Yorkshire.

Reducing waste and reusing items helps the environment by saving energy and resources.

We are reducing the amount of waste going to landfill in York and North Yorkshire and producing energy for your homes.