Yes, please Any brand of nuts, popcorn, crisps/chips and pretzels packets. No need to wash, just shake out any remaining contents.
No, thanks: seed, dried fruit, meat snack or nutrient powder and topper packets
Tricky Materials
Thanks to our work with TerraCycle we can recycle extra materials that need to be brought to one of our specifically staffed drop-in days or can be brought to one of our partners around the city.
These brigades are very specific about what can be accepted. The material type is much less important than the brand and manufacturer of the packaging. This is because it is the brands who pay to sponsor the schemes so they get to specify what they will recycle. Please make sure you read the information about what we can recycle carefully, any incorrect materials risk us being removed from the service by Terracycle.
To be kept up to date on what we can collect and when you can bring the materials please sign up for our mailing list.
We work with a number of organisations to allow people to bring their materials to other sites around York, please check with each site before you travel:
- Alligator Wholefoods (Fishergate) who are collecting pens and toothbrushes
- Tullivers who are collecting toothbrushes and pens
- The Bishy Weigh (Bishopthorpe Road) will accept all materials listed below apart from foil, candles and wires on Wednesdays and Sundays only
- Heima (Gillygate) will accept any of the materials listed below
- The Giftery & The shop of small changes (Burton Stone Lane) will accept all of the materials listed below apart from coffee bags & wires
- Little Peanuts Day Nursery (Wheldrake) will accept all materials listed below.
- New Earswick Folk Hall (in the Explore Library) will accept pens, foil and crisp packets.
- St Oswald's Church, Fulford (in the hall) will accept dental, pens, crisps and biscuits
The KP Snacks Nuts, Popcorn, Crisps & Pretzels Brigade
Pladis Biscuits and Snacks Brigade
Yes, please Any brand of sweet biscuit, cake bar and cracker wrappers. This includes multipack packaging and individual wrappers though only the plastic sleeves. No need to wash, just shake out any remaining contents.
No, thanks: Any other sweet snack packaging such as flapjacks or chocolate bars; cardboard packaging (please recycle at kerbside).
BIC Writing Instrument Brigade
Yes please: Any brand of plastic pens, felt tips, marker pens, highlighters. If St Nicks collects your recycling, these can be placed in your kerbside box.
No, thanks: Wooden pencils
Colgate and hello Oral Care Brigade
Yes, please: Any brand of toothpaste tubes & caps, plastic toothbrushes and their outer packaging (not cardboard), and electric/battery toothbrush heads. Please rinse. If St Nicks collects your recycling, these can be placed in your kerbside box.
No, thanks: Bamboo, denture, dental floss or interdental items, cardboard boxes (please recycle at kerbside), and other tubes such as hand creams
Cathedral City Cheese Packaging Brigade
Yes, please Any brand of flexible cheese packaging including nets & labels, plastic wrap from blocks and individual bars, and films from pre-sliced packaging. Please rinse and dry.
No, thanks: Baby bel wax, plastic trays from pre-sliced packaging (can be recycled at kerbside), tubes.
Taylors of Harrogate Coffee Packaging Brigade
Yes please: Any brand flexible coffee packaging.
No, thanks: Coffee pods or lids, cardboard.
Aluminium Foil
Yes, please Any aluminium foil. Please clean and squash well.
No, thanks: medical blister packs, laminated foil, and any other metal products
Wires, Cables and Charging Leads
Yes please: Any wiring, charging leads or cables
No, thanks: Electronic devices or appliances
Candles, Melts and Wax wastes
Yes please: Any waste from candles including wax, wax melts, tea lights and candle jars
No, thanks: incense or wax melt holders/burners any cheese or other waxes
