Yorwaste in Action - Photo Competition (Autumn 2025)

Thank you all for participating!

Two snowmen wearing high-visibility jackets, gloves, a hard hat and sunglasses stand beside an orange barrier and blue waste container at a snowy worksite; text visible (transcribed where legible): "THE BURNING OF RUBBISH IN THIS CONTAINER IS PROHIBITED DAMAGE SO CAUSED IS CHARGEABLE TO HIRER", "yorwaste" (on hat and jacket), partial "019" on container.

Champion: Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Small brown rodent peeks and clings to the textured orange work glove holding it, against a blurred outdoor background with green foliage and indistinct colored objects.

Second Runner-up: Paul Heath

(HWRC Operative, Harrogate Stonefall)

Bag of compost lies partially buried in a pile of golden autumn leaves on pavement; visible text: "Made in Yorkshire", "yorganics COMPOST", "From our garden to yours...", "Yorkshire Wildlife Trust", "Help us restore Yorkshire Peat!", "Peat Free", "40L", "Home & Garden Compost".

Second Runner-Up: Arron Piert

(Area Supervisor HWRC)

White DAF garbage truck marked "Yorwaste" and "DAF" idling with headlights on, emitting a visible spray over wet pavement in front of illuminated ruined stone arches and an iron fence at night.

Alan Swindells

(Driver, Harewood Whin)

Photo taken at York city centre

A refuse truck (text: "yorwaste", grille: "VOLVO", plate: "NK74 ZHE") parked in a wet yard beside a blue service van, surrounded by evergreen trees and autumnal yellow foliage.

Andrea Sheppard

(HWRC Operative, Settle)

Settle on a wet Autumn day

Row of numbered waste skips standing idle as snow falls across a snowy yard with vehicle tracks, fenced industrial recycling center in background. Visible text: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; skip not in use; scrap metal.

Andrew Dyke

(HWRC Operative, Seamer Carr)

Wooden sign reads "Welcome to the YORWASTE Bee Garden" placed on a stake among dry wildflowers and weeds, marking a small pollinator strip beside a paved industrial yard with blue bins.

Beth Cameron

(HWRC Operative, Seamer Carr)

Wooden sign reads "Welcome to the YORWASTE Bee Garden", staked among dry weeds and small wildflowers on a gravel verge beside a paved lot with blue recycling bins under a clear sky.

Beth Cameron

(HWRC Operative, Seamer Carr)

A ploughed field shows parallel ridges dusted with patchy snow under an overcast sky, with a wooden fence and a sign in the foreground reading "yorwaste". — Screenshot

Chris Brown

(HWRC Operative, Wombleton)

Stone Celtic cross memorial displays engraved names (best legible): WILLIAM ATKINSON; THOMAS FRANCIS ROWE; HERBERT EDWIN CORNETT; [name partly illegible, appears as] KEITH … WOOD; HARRY ROBINSON; WILLIAM SCATES; FREDERICK WEBB; lower plaque "1939–1945 ALAN MASON KENNETH WRIGHT"; a uniformed standard-bearer in white gloves salutes while holding a flag beside the memorial on paved ground with a poppy wreath and trees behind.

Chris Gill

(Plant Operative, Tancred)

Lest We Forget

Photo taken at East Cowton

Blue recycling bin stands beside a weathered wooden picket fence as a curved brick path leads past, backed by dense trees with early autumn foliage. Text on bin: "yorwaste".

Craig Fitzhugh

(Driver, Whitby)

Two brown-speckled birds peck at scattered grain among traffic cones, set before a row of blue recycling skips in a paved yard; visible text reads "scrap metal", "hardcore & rubble", "paper", "Please do not throw your waste from ground level", "STOP". — oplus_0

Dominic Hulme

(Area Supervisor HWRC)

Yellow Yorwaste truck parked in a gravel industrial yard beneath a pale sky with a vivid rainbow arching overhead; visible text: "40", "yorwaste", "www.yorwaste.co.uk".

Darran Moss

(Team Leader, Seamer Carr Transfer Station)

Brown corrugated warehouse sits under a pale sky with a faint rainbow arc, flanked by yellow safety barriers and a parked red-and-white cement truck in an industrial yard.

Darran Moss

(Team Leader, Seamer Carr Transfer Station)

A person in an orange high-visibility jacket holds up a smartphone to photograph a pastel sunrise over low fog and distant rooftops, silhouetted against layered clouds.

Dawn Boldison-France

(Customer Services Team Leader)

Photo taken at Catterick 6am in early Autumn

Blue Orwaste roll-on dumpsters sit in a row on a rough gravel lot, surrounded by sparse weeds and a low grassy slope under a bright sky dotted with cumulus clouds; text: "orwaste" "01904 677019 - www.orwaste.co.uk"

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

A large blue Yorwaste skip sits on dry grass under a wide blue sky with scattered clouds; text on its side: "yorwaste 01904 677019 - www.yorwaste.co.uk"; yellow sticker: "THE BURNING OF RUBBISH IN THIS CONTAINER IS PROHIBITED DAMAGE WILL BE CHARGED TO HIRER" (small red/white sign text unreadable).

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

Large blue waste container labeled "yorwaste 01904 677019 - www.yorwaste.co.uk" sits on rocky dirt beside a dry grassy hillside under a wide blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds.

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

Blue van labeled "gorwaste" parked on a roadside; painted with a large white flower with a green center; autumn trees and rolling hills bathed in soft evening light.

Joey Sears

(Area Supervisor HWRC)

A worker in orange high-visibility clothing points at a gate sign while standing beside a large blue "yorwaste" container in an almost empty waste/recycling yard at dusk. Text: "From October 1st all HWRCs will close at 4pm" "North Yorkshire County Council" "yorwaste 01904 677019 www.yorwaste.co.uk"

Julie Appleby

(HWRC Operative, Harrogate Stonefall)

White delivery van (text: "yorwaste", "www.yorwaste.co.uk") is parked on a rural roadside while a deer grazes in a nearby green field beneath a partly cloudy sky.

Matt Johnson

(Sales Executive)

Monitor displays three smiling cartoon sanitation workers while keyboard, mouse, speakers and an Epson printer sit on a cluttered desk; a wall clock and blue document trays are behind. Visible text: "Ravencourt", "Quartz", "EPSON", "waste".

Matthew Philip

(HWRC Operative, Settle)

Worker wearing an orange high-visibility outfit and a carved pumpkin head gives two thumbs up while standing beside a blue industrial waste container at a recycling yard; visible text: "(WUDS) Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating" and "DO NOT CLIMB INTO HOPPER".

Matthew Nicholson

(HWRC Operative, Selby)

Child in jester makeup and costume makes a wide, playful snarl while holding a leash; a small dog in a pumpkin outfit sits by a blue waste bin at night. Text: "gorwaste" "3".

Michelle D'arcier

(Credit Controller)

Ferris wheel rising behind a parked garbage truck on a quiet town street at golden sunset, framed by trees and historic buildings. Text: "Art Gallery"; "TO LET"; "NK25 XNG"

Paul Young

(Loader, Harewood Whin)

Snowman-shaped block of compacted snow wears a black "orwaste" hat, glasses, a red nose and an orange high-visibility vest, posed with gloved hands in a snowy industrial yard; text: "THE BURNING OF RUBBISH IN THIS CONTAINER IS PROHIBITED DAMAGE SO CAUSED IS CHARGEABLE TO HIRER." and "orwaste."

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Snowman wearing a white hard hat, sunglasses and an orange high-visibility jacket, standing by an orange barrier in front of a blue container with snow; Text: "0190" on container; handwritten text on hard hat and faint embossed barrier/jacket text present but partly illegible.

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Orange balloon with a jack-o'-lantern face serves as a head on a high-visibility orange reflective jacket, sitting in a vehicle seat with seatbelt and sanitizer; jacket text: "orwaste".

Tim Zimmerman

(Driver, Harewood Whin)

A tiny brown mouse clings with its front paws to the textured fingertips of an orange work glove, perched and bracing while a blurred outdoor worksite forms the background.

Paul Heath

(HWRC Operative, Harrogate Stonefall)

Blue waste container loaded on a white refuse truck parked on a wet yard while heavy rain falls, adjacent to wooden fencing and two traffic cones. Text visible: "059" and "CE"; other text illegible.

Paul Heath

(HWRC Operative, Harrogate Stonefall)

Autumn weather at Settle

Yellow front loader parked behind a low safety gate, idle on wet concrete beside a corrugated industrial shed, a faint rainbow arching across a broad cloudy sky; no legible text.

Chris Gill

(Plant Operative, Tancred)

Skywriting "YORWASTE" stretches across a blue sky; clouds drift while industrial rooftops and a tree sit below.

Paul Heath

(HWRC Operative, Harrogate Stonefall)

A message from above at Settle