Yorwaste in Action - Photo Competition (Summer 2025)

Thank you all for participating!

Orange insulated bottle (reads "orsafety") leaning on lichen-covered rocks overlooking a blue lake with tree-covered green hills in the background.

Champion: Mel Briggs

(Risk Administrator)

An older man in an orange high-visibility shirt and tan hat smiles while standing at a waste site beside a blue container; Text visible: "yorwaste" (shirt), ID badge: "Gary Site Operative", sign: "waste to energy recovery".

First Runner-Up: Sian England

(HWRC Operative, Tholthorpe)

Photo featuring Gary Bowman

Three Yorganics compost bags sit on a wooden flatbed cart amid a sunlit garden with trees, flower beds, a greenhouse to the right and a forested hill beyond. Text: "Yorganics COMPOST"

Second Runner-Up: Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Waste truck with hydraulic skip-lift backing toward blue metal dumpsters; driver visible in the cab; concrete bollards and trees surround a paved recycling yard. Red sign on bin: "Please do not throw your waste from ground level." Truck side text: "orwaste Tel: 0845 3008889"

Andrew Dyke

(HWRC Operative, Seamer Carr)

A small blue "yorwaste" recycling bin filled with pinecones sits tilted on a log amid ferns and trees in a forest; text on bin reads "yorwaste www.yorwaste.co.uk 0845 300 8889 #yorlocal for recycling and waste recovery".

Dan Buxton

(Procurement Officer)

Blue wheelie bin labeled "yorwaste www.yorwaste.co.uk 0845 300 8889 #yorlocal for recycling and waste recovery" sits tilted on a rock beside a sunlit, tree-lined pond with blurred reflections.

Dan Buxton

(Procurement Officer)

Orange-and-red sunset sky glows behind layered dark clouds, illuminating a suburban street where lampposts and cars line a road beside low industrial buildings.

Dawn Boldison-France

(Customer Services Team Leader)
Summer Night at Thirsk Transfer Station

Blue mini wheelie bin sits on a rock by a pebbled shoreline with yellow wildflowers, calm sea and distant hills under a bright blue sky; text on bin: "yorwaste www.yorwaste.co.uk 0845 300 8889 your local for recycling and waste recovery".

Emma Bell

(Sales Ledger)

A small blue yorwaste recycling bin sits on a rocky shoreline, facing calm sea and distant hills under a bright blue sky. Text: yorwaste www.yorwaste.co.uk 0845 300 8889 #yorlocal for recycling and waste recovery

Emma Bell

(Sales Ledger)

Blue commercial waste bin sits beside a stone building, other bins and a planter with red flowers line a sunlit gravel driveway under clear blue sky; visible text: "General Waste", "Torwaste", "Tel : 0845 3008889", chalkboard sign: "Thank You For Your Custom PLEASE CALL AGAIN SOON! Wendy & Jon".

Emma Bell

(Sales Ledger)

A row of white box trucks sits parked in front of a large dark industrial warehouse, occupying an expansive paved yard with yellow guardrails under an overcast sky.

John Wiseman

(Transport Manager)

A yellow guardrail curves in the foreground, separating a grassy verge from a dirt lot where several white delivery trucks stand outside a large brown warehouse under a cloudy sky.

John Wiseman

(Transport Manager)

Orchestra performs as a conductor leads musicians on an illuminated outdoor stage at dusk before a seated audience; banners and signs surround the stage. Text: "York Proms", "yorwaste", "SPC CARS SPORTS · PRESTIGE · CLASSIC", "Make It York Visit | Culture | Markets | Events".

Matt Johnson

(Sales Executive)
Yorwaste At The Proms

Man wearing an orange Norwaste shirt smiles for a selfie beside a truck on a grassy verge beneath tree branches, with industrial buildings and parked cars visible in the background. Text: "Norwaste".

Matthew Phillip

(HWRC Operative, Settle)
Selfie with a baby oyster chick outside the site.

Man in bright orange high-visibility shirt smiling and taking a selfie on a small bridge over a river, with a thatched cottage and trees beside the water; text: "norwaste" on cap and chest.

Richard Wadsworth

(HWRC Operative, Malton)

Person in bright orange high-visibility vest (text: "gorsafety") and white hard hat watches swans and cygnets swimming in an algae-streaked pond from a wooden fence amid grassy reeds under a cloudy sky.

Sarah Robinson

(Finance Team Leader)

Three large "Yorganics COMPOST From our garden to yours... Peat Free" bags sit on a wooden cart; a small glass cold frame and circular metal raised beds grow vegetables in a sunny backyard surrounded by trees.

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

A bag of compost sits on woodchip mulch in front of corrugated-metal raised beds of leafy vegetables; visible text on the bag reads "Peat Free" and "40" while the brand name at the top is partially obscured/unreadable.

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

A small glass cold frame houses lettuce and marigolds while a blue bag of compost leans against it in a sunlit garden bed bordered by wooden rails and trees. Text on bag: "Yorganics COMPOST", "Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Help us restore Yorkshire peat", "PEAT FREE", "40".

Stokesley HWRC

Team Stokesley

Garbage truck lifts a blue skip beside a curved modern building at sunset on a quiet city street; visible text: "yorwaste", "yor-waste", "0845 300 8889", "BUS STOP", "FIRE EXIT KEEP CLEAR".

Tim Zimmerman

(Driver, Harewood Whin)

Bus driver giving two thumbs-up while seated at the wheel wearing an orange safety vest; visible through the cab window with dusty glass and a white service door. Text: "Tel: 0845 30", "Z680".

Tina McKillop

(Weighbridge Operator)

Photo featuring Ben Hart

A smiling driver in an orange high-visibility vest sits at the wheel of a white Yorwaste truck, gesturing from the open cab at a sunny construction/landfill site. Text: "yorwaste Is our Business Get in touch today: 0845 3008889 yorwaste.co.uk"

Tina McKillop

(Weighbridge Operator)

Photo featuring Neil Stead