Commercial Waste Management Whitby

Whitby’s household waste collection is managed by Scarborough District Council. The Council organises the waste collection for dozens of areas including Castle, Derwent Valley, Eastfield, Northstead and Scarborough. The estimated total population relying on these waste collections amounts to over 108,000.

Unfortunately, the District did not start out with the best recycling rates in North Yorkshire. Back in 2007 government statistics recorded that just 25.9% of all household waste was sent for reuse, recycling or composting. Thankfully, the council and the local population were able to pull together and improve these figures for 6 consecutive years, culminating in 2013/14 when 43.75% of all waste was reused. Whilst these figures have dropped again in recent years, they have remained stable at approximately 38%, just 4 percent below the national average.

The Whitby community has shown that it is willing to do its part in improving their local environment and cutting down on litter. The Friends of Pannet Park are a group of volunteers from Whitby who formed in 2005. Since then, they have completed a total of 200,000 hours of community gardening which has included keeping the park clear of any waste.

Likewise, in the summer of 2019, a group of teenagers from Whitby and Scarborough joined forces to organise an open beach clean. The group were participating in the National Citizen Service and also took time to visit residents at Peregrine House and engage them in activities involving building sculptures out of the waste they collected from the beach clean.

The Whitby Household Waste Recycling Centre is located just outside West Cliff between Saltwick Bay and Stainsacre at Cholmley Way, Whitby YO22 4NJ. This Whitby local recycling centre is open from 8:30am until 5pm Thursday through Tuesday.

Our top-rated Whitby waste transfer station is similarly located just outside West Cliff between Ruswarp and Whitby High at Stainsacre La Ind Est, Fairfield Way, Whitby YO22 4PU. The Whitby waste transfer station is open from 7:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. If you have any questions about the Whitby waste transfer station, feel free to call the collection centre directly on 01947 821048.