We have over 140 bring sites across East Riding. These are large recycling banks located at places like car parks, supermarkets and pubs. Some of the items you can recycle include glass, textiles, paper and plastic bottles.
Perhaps you have a large garden and have lots of green waste to dispose of? Or maybe you have taken down an old wooden shed or knocked down an old brick wall? There is certainly no need for any of this material to go into your green bin since everything that goes into it is landfilled. A much better option is to take it to your nearest household waste recycling site.
View more information about household recycling sites.
We have 10 household waste recycling sites across the East Riding where you can recycle a wide range of materials, including garden waste, wood, cardboard, small electrical items, fridges, cookers and fluorescent tubes.
Most of the materials taken to the sites are given a new lease of life, for example:
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Glass: Processed to remove contaminants then recycled and used to make more more glass containers like bottles and jars. Glass can be recycled innumerable times without losing quality, unlike plastic.
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Plastic bottles: Sorted into different polymers then flaked for recycling into a wide variety of other plastic products, including garden furniture, compost bins, window frames, plastic bags.
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Steel tins and cans: Squashed into bales and taken by reprocessors to be melted down to make tins, cans, paper clips, car parts and parts for bridges.
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Wood: Shredded and composted by specialist compost companies. The lower quality wood goes to make MDF and chipboard and also garden mulch and equestrian surfaces.
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TVs and monitors: Taken by reprocessors who strip them down into different materials eg plastic, glass and heavy metals, which are re-processed, and components, which are re-used in the repair industry.
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Small electrical appliances: Broken down into components and working parts which are re-used in the repair industry and for reconditioned appliances.
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Textiles: Sorted, good quality clothing is re-used, poor quality clothing is used for industrial rags and cushion fillers.
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Books: Sorted and sent for re-use. Books in bad condition are pulped and used for toilet rolls and newspapers
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Paper: Taken by paper mills, pulped and used to make 100% recycled paper such paper bags, envelopes, toilet rolls and magazines.
