Changes to recycling services are being introduced across the former Ryedale area from today.
Recycling collections in places like Pickering, Thornton le Dale, Ebberston, Sherburn and Rillington will now take place on an alternating fortnightly basis - one collection for paper and card and one for other recyclable materials, including glass, cans, plastics and cartons.
Affected residents have now received two new wheelie bins ahead of their alternate fortnightly household recycling collections, including one for paper and card and one for other recyclable materials, including glass, cans, plastics and cartons.
This model of collection already takes place in the Selby area where NOrth Yorkshire Council says it allows them to "increase the amount and quality of recycling collected at the kerbside, reduce the cost of collection, and helps towards carbon reduction".
Separating the recycling improves the quality of material, reduces processing costs, and generates a higher value when it is processed. It also cuts the amount of manual lifting for both the crews and residents, as well as reducing the risk of recycling blowing around on a windy day.
Once the new recycling collections start, residents can keep their old recycling boxes and use them for storage or anything else they might find useful. Anyone who doesn’t want to keep their boxes can take them to the household waste recycling centres in Malton or Thornton-le-Dale for recycling.
Executive member for managing our environment, Cllr Greg White, whose responsibilities include waste services, said:
“The new model of collection will ensure everyone across North Yorkshire will in due course receive the same service, regardless of where they live. For residents of the former Ryedale area, I’m delighted to say they will be able to recycle more, with plastic pots, tubs and trays, clean foil, aerosols, food and beverage cartons (Tetra Paks) accepted in their new red lidded wheelie bin.
“The new service will also mean we can continue to provide the best value for money for taxpayers and is fit for purpose, as well as increase recycling rates and contribute to our plans to reduce carbon emissions.
“Once the new service starts, residents are encouraged to reuse their old boxes around the home for storage or offer them up to their neighbours. We’ve even seen them being upcycled as planters in the garden or houses for hedgehogs. Alternatively, they can be taken to a household waste recycling centre for repurposing.”
For the rest of the county, these changes will be phased in over the next two to three years.
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