North Yorkshire Council calls on residents to check their bins
Residents are being encouraged to build on their strong recycling record by making sure all items are placed in the correct bin.
While households across the county already recycle more than 42 per cent of their waste, North Yorkshire Council is highlighting how a few changes at home could help stop recyclable items ending up in rubbish bins.
Council leader Cllr Carl Les, said: “By taking a little extra time to recycle correctly, residents can help save energy, reduce waste and ensure materials can be turned into new products rather than being lost to disposal.”
The council said residents can recycle the following items at the kerbside, regardless of where they live in the county or which container they use:
- Paper, cardboard and magazines.
- Envelopes including windowed envelopes.
- Greeting cards and wrapping paper – those with glitter or foil on them cannot be recycled.
- Shredded paper contained in used boxes.
- Food and drink cartons.
- Metal food and drink cans.
- Empty metal aerosol cans.
- Aluminium foil and food trays.
- Plastic bottles – including trigger sprays.
- Plastic pots, tubs and trays – including yogurt pots, margarine tubs, ready meal trays.
- Glass jars and bottles including perfume bottles.
- Plastic tubes, such as toothpaste tubes.
- Aluminium tubes, such as tomato puree tubes.
- Plastic plant pots, though no soil, and not black.
Cllr Les added: “Residents across North Yorkshire already do a fantastic job recycling, but there is always more we can do.”
Visit www.recyclenow.com/recycle-week-2026 to find out more.