Waste Transfer Stations

Our North Yorkshire waste transfer stations provide convenient tipping points for general waste and recyclable materials.

  • Turn your wasteinto a commodity
  • Free waste auditand same day quotes
  • Eco-friendlywaste management
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  • Free expertwaste advice
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Material is bulked up before being transported to another location for further treatment or disposal.

Our transfer facilities handle hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste each year. We sort and bulk the material before sending it for recycling or recovery.

Our waste transfer facilities support our local authority and commercial customers to meet their environmental responsibilities through landfill diversion and more recycling and recovery of waste.

Why choose Yorwaste?

  • Local
  • Cost-Effective
  • Personal

At Yorwaste, we believe waste disposal should be hassle-free.

From a simple set up with exceptional customer service as standard. It’s waste management just the way you want it.

With thousands of local businesses on board, from restaurants to retailers, it’s easy to see why Yorwaste is North Yorkshire’s leading waste collection and recycling partner.

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Yorwaste operates a network of waste transfer stations across North Yorkshire. The transfer facilities are:

  • Tancred, near Catterick
  • Halton East, near Skipton
  • Seamer Carr, near Scarborough
  • Whitby
  • Harewood Whin, York (see videos below)
  • Thirsk
  • Harrogate (recycling only)
  • Malton (recycling only)

 

Waste Transfer Stations

Types Of Businesses We Serve

Committed to Being Green

  • Yorwaste is committed to a cleaner, green future and is 100% compliant with all local and national regulations.
  • Through our ‘Waste No More’ integrated waste management approach, our guiding principle is to provide customers with sustainable, innovative and economical waste management solutions.
  • We’ll work with you to find a schedule to suit your business, improving fuel efficiencies when out on the road.

Where does the waste go?

  • Initially, your waste will be transported to a local waste transfer station. Here, recyclable waste may be separated for onward transport to reprocessors, to be made into new products. Unrecyclable waste will be bulked up for transport to the county’s Energy from Waste facility, to be used as fuel to generate electricity.

  • We partner with Allerton Waste Recovery Park to ensure as much non-recyclable waste as possible is turned into energy for the local North Yorkshire area. We put the waste hierarchy at the very heart of our business, and do all we can to increase waste reduction, reuse and recycling where possible.

  • From community initiatives, such as Reuse Santa and Get Re-Cycling, to our team of recycling experts working closely with businesses to help their overall waste management strategies and maximise their recycling efforts.

  • The energy from recovered waste in Yorkshire currently powers around 40,000 homes in the Yorkshire area. By incinerating non-recyclable waste, we’re able to convert rubbish into energy!

  • The ash that is produced during this process is also recycled to create materials for the construction industry, further closing the gap in waste production in the Yorkshire area. It’s even estimated that 2.5% of the UK’s energy is powered by recycled materials, so why not join the cause and be an advocate for environmentally friendly waste management?

Legal Compliance

  • Regulations require UK businesses to dispose of commercial waste in ways that are effective, legal, and in line with Net Zero goals.

  • Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, businesses must complete and keep any Waste Transfer Notes and Consignment Notes.

  • Yorwaste is a registered waste carrier with access to a network of Waste Transfer stations throughout the county.

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Success Stories

  • Thirsk School is a local high school with an ambition for recycling.

    • 4Tonnes

      of food waste removed from general waste annually

    • 5Tonnes

      of potential C02 saved annually

    • 23%

      cost reduction on general waste collection annually

  • Aiming to become the best Racecourse in Yorkshire and in the World

    • 90%reduction

      in energy usage during recycling

    • 26.5thousand kg

      of cut grass composted

  • Growing from a humble maker of poultry crates in 1934 to one of the UK's largest suppliers of pre-owned modular buildings

    • £20thousand

      savings made

    • 9

      waste streams managed

    • 500+

      skips or hooks exchanges completed