Yorwaste in Action - Photo Competition (Spring 2025)

Thank you all for participating!

A duckling rests in an orange knit hat embroidered "yorwaste," sitting on a desk before a keyboard and a monitor displaying "yorwaste."

Champion: Adam Ridgeon-Cousins

(Plant Operative, Halton East Transfer Station)

Ruffles the duck running the weighbridge at Halton East.

A large Yorwaste blue skip lorry is parked beside a country road, framed by golden moorland and a long stone viaduct under clear sky. Text: "yorwaste 01904 677019 - www.yorwaste.co.uk".

First Runner-Up: Corey Johnson

(Weighbridge Operator, Tancred)

A female duck leads five ducklings in single file across a gravel yard; industrial context with blue skips, trees, clear sky, a safety sign reading "Yorsafety" and a blue bin labeled "Yorwaste".

Second Runner-Up: Andrew Dyke

(HWRC Operative, Seamer Carr)

Red hot-air balloon labeled "Virgin" floats above a grassy roadside embankment, hovering near a lone tree and a streetlight under a clear blue sky.

Tina Walker

(Commercial Services Administrator)

Red hot-air balloon marked "Virgin Balloon Flights" floats above a parked blue van labeled "norwaste" beside leafless and evergreen trees in a rural parking area under a clear blue sky.

Aaron Revell

(Aftercare Manager)

Green Jorwaste container is being lifted onto a truck at a covered waste transfer station while two workers in high-visibility clothing stand nearby; foreground sign reads "GIVE WAY". Transcribed text: Jorwaste; GIVE WAY.

Robert Weekes

(Transport Fleet Manager)

Taken at Treves UK where compactors and skips are exchanged on a daily basis.

Kevin McHugh

(Driver, Thirsk)

A cluster of bright yellow daffodils blooms in short grass, foreground to a parked white Yorwaste refuse truck and bare trees on a sunny roadside; text on truck: DENNIS EAGLE; yorwaste; Tel: 0845 300 8989.

Kevin McHugh

(Driver, Thirsk)

Yellow daffodils bloom densely in the foreground while a white refuse truck idles on the street behind them under an overcast sky, suggesting a suburban roadside scene.

Roberto Brennan-Vaccaro

(Driver, Thirsk)

A white waste-collection truck displays a large red poppy on its grille, parked centered on a narrow lane lined with blooming yellow daffodils and bare trees under an overcast sky; license plate "PO70 YLP".

Roberto Brennan-Vaccaro

(Driver, Thirsk)

Garbage truck (Yorwaste, license plate NJ73 BMO) parked on a gravel country lane while cows graze behind a wooden fence under a clear blue sky with trees in the distance.

Tony Cain

(Loader, Harewood Whin)

A Yorwaste refuse truck is parked on a sunlit road, overlooking a grassy bank of blooming yellow daffodils with bare trees and a clear blue sky in the background. Text: "yorwaste" "Tel: 0845 3008889"

Stephen Hartley

(Driver, Thirsk)

Row of blue waste skips sits stationary in an empty parking lot; cones mark lanes and a circled '5' plus arrows painted on asphalt under a pink-orange sunset sky.

Arron-Sean Piert

(HWRC Operative, Catterick)

Blue yorwaste van parked by a wooden fence while sheep graze on a sunny green hillside with trees and blue sky. Text on van: yorwaste; Get in touch today: 0845 3008889; yorwaste.co.uk; Commercial Waste Collection; Recycling; Total Waste Management.

Davy James

(Area Supervisor HWRC)

Blue North Yorkshire Council signboard marking Tholthorpe Household Waste Recycling Centre, mounted on metal posts among trees and wildflowers; Text: "NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL Tholthorpe Household Waste Recycling Centre Site opening times: April to September 8:30am to 5:00pm October to March 8:30am to 4:00pm All HWRCs are closed on: Wednesdays and: 25 December 26 December 1 January You must register with us: • If you use a commercial or commercial like vehicle to deliver your household waste. • If you want to deliver charity waste. Charges apply for the disposal of hardcore and rubble, plasterboard and tyres. Please ask a Recycling Advisor for further information. North Yorkshire recycles This HWRC is provided by: North Yorkshire Council County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8AE T: 0300 131 2 131 E: waste.management@northyorks.gov.uk W: www.northyorks.gov.uk Site Management Contractor and Environmental Permit holder: Yorwaste Ltd Mount View, Standard Way, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 2YD Emergency contact T: 01609 774400 Environmental Permit Number: EPR/EB3907FA Environment Agency T: 03708 506506 Environment Agency 24hr Incident Hotline: T: 0800 807060"

Sian England

(HWRC Operative, Tholthorpe)

A yellow-and-black van labeled "Yorsafety" is parked on a country road, framed by blossoming trees, with a green pasture behind and two horses grazing on a distant hill.

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

Two workers in high-visibility orange vests and white helmets walk down a grassy slope toward a small pond, framed by green trees and shrubs under a pale, overcast sky.

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

Blue Yorwaste van parked beside a grassy pond and wooden fence in a rural landscape with trees under a broad blue sky; Text: "yorwaste", "Get in touch today:", "0845 3008889", "yorwaste.co.uk", "Commercial Waste Collection", "Recycling", "Total Waste Management", license plate "SD24 JUA".

James Light

(Senior HSE Advisor)

A Yorwaste box truck and van are parked while workers load equipment at a suburban park lot under bare trees and blue sky; visible text: "Yorwaste", "Get in touch today:", "0845 3008889", "yorwaste.co.uk", "Commercial Waste Collection", "Recycling", "Total Waste Management", "www.yorwaste.co.uk", license plate "SB67 FHX", and a roadside sign reading "5" and "5 MPH SPEED LIMIT".

Phil Bull

(Driver 3, Thirsk)

A male pheasant walks across an asphalt parking bay in front of three parked cars outside a pale-green industrial building displaying a sign reading "yorwaste" and "www.yorwaste.co.uk"; visible license plates: YK18 UKC, MJ20 EFB, DF62 MVZ.

Caroline Hampton

(Site Administration Controller)

Harewood Car Park Officer

Green waste bin labeled "gorwaste" sits as three runners pass by on a sunlit suburban road beneath red-leaved trees, a blue parked car displays plate OE68 HWP.

Sarah Robinson

(Finance Team Leader)

Taken at Leeds Marathon.

Two white swans glide on a sunlit narrow river, one near the reedy bank and one closer to foreground, surrounded by tall green reeds and dappled trees along the shoreline.

Graham Ashurst

(Operations Manager (Transfer))

A white garbage truck passes a stationary black RAF jet on display in front of a low industrial building under bright sun and blue sky. Text on truck: "Yorwaste". Text on jet: "ROYAL AIR FORCE".

Ben Hart

(REL Driver, Harewood Whin)

Taken at Leeming Bar.

Stone castle ruins dominate the scene as a Yorwaste garbage truck passes on a road in front under a clear blue sky. Text on truck: "Yorwaste" "Tel: 0845 3008889"

Jonny Simpson

(Driver, Tancred)

Taken at Castle Bolton, near Redmire up the Dales