Os-Gen – Waste, bins and recycling

The North Yorkshire Council rubbish and recycling website has full details of the domestic refuse and recycling service.

The Oswaldkirk kerbside collection is on Tuesdays (except for Bank Top which is on Wednesdays) – weeks alternate between general waste and recycling. By ‘kerbside’ the council means that it’s your responsibility to ensure that your bins are put out in the correct place at the correct time (although persons with special mobility needs can apply for an assisted waste collection).

When a week starts with a bank holiday the collection generally takes place a day later on a Wednesday (or Thursday).

The council publishes information on what goes in which type of bin or box. Essentially: the black or green wheelie bin is for non-recyclable household refuse. The two black or green plastic boxes are for glass (bottles and jars) and separately for, cans, tins, aerosols and plastic bottles. The blue bags are for paper, newspaper, magazines, card and cardboard.

North Yorkshire Council are changing the bins used for recycling during the summer of 2025. See Recycling bin changes in Ryedale for further information.

Brown wheelie bins for compostable garden waste are also collected on the alternate ‘recycling’ week between March and early December. However, this is an additional service for which one must apply and buy an annual Garden Waste Licence. A subscription for 2024 costs £46.50. Strangely the day on which garden waste is collected is not affected by bank holidays.

There is a small recycling facility in the Cleveland Way Car Park in Helmsley which takes the same items as the kerbside recycling service but additionally collects cartons, aluminium foil and clothes/shoes.
For a wider range of household and gardening waste and recycling options visit:

Wombleton Household Waste and Recycling Centre, Cockerhill Lane, Wombleton, YORK, YO62 7RJ.