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North Yorkshire bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
North Yorkshire Council provides bin collection information for Harrogate and Scarborough. Collection arrangements depend on your address; the town councils do not provide this service.
Bins in North Yorkshire
These are the containers used in North Yorkshire. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Garden waste
Glass jars and bottles
Blue glass recycling box
Paper, card and cardboard
Recycling
Container details
The container pictures and words are North Yorkshire Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
- Glass jars and bottles: Former Hambleton district
Container descriptions checked 19 September 2026; list of collections built from North Yorkshire Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Guidance on replacement bins, boxes, bags and sacksNorth Yorkshire Council
- Where to collect replacement recycling bags and boxesNorth Yorkshire Council
- Garden waste collectionsNorth Yorkshire Council
- Food waste collectionsNorth Yorkshire Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemNorth Yorkshire Council
- Recycling centres and tipsNorth Yorkshire Council
- Get help putting your bins outNorth Yorkshire Council
Links checked 13 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell North Yorkshire Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to North Yorkshire CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on North Yorkshire Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How North Yorkshire compares
- Recycled or composted
- 42%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 540 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £97per household a year. Similar councils: £83
- Value for money
- 2 out of 10 Limited confidence. An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
North Yorkshire’s September 2026 rollout of recycling wheelie bins in Richmondshire prompted concerns about storage space, alongside support from residents frustrated with boxes and bags. The council said new collections were due in October, separating paper and cardboard from glass, cans, plastics and cartons. It argued that the approach would improve recycling quality and reduce collection costs. To support its case, the council cited a Ryedale survey in which 83% of respondents were satisfied. Residents were told to keep and reuse their existing boxes and bags once they were no longer needed for collections.
- Residents voice frustration at new recycling bins — www.bbc.com