Welcome to York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership
Welcome to the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership (YNYWP) website. Here you will be able to find out who we are, what we do and more importantly, what you can do to help reduce the amount of waste we create across the area.
For an update on the North Yorkshire and City of York Council Waste PFI contract, please visit the Waste Strategy page.
Use the menu above to navigate around the site and please feel free to contact us if you require any further information.
Love food at York Festival of Food and Drink
After a successful 2009 promoting the love food hate waste campaign, the waste partnership are again attending the York Festival of Food and Drink on Parliament Street.
Cookery demonstrations using leftovers, hints and tips for keeping food fresher for longer (and free bag clips) menu suggestions for meals and portion sizes explained are just some of the activities that the partnership will be carrying out at this year’s festival.
Also attending will be the smoothie bicycle, with pedal power being used to produce some mouthwatering smoothies. If you have a great recipe why not supply the pedal power to make it, and then taste the results!
The pledge competition is still open for entries, so why not make a pledge to reduce your food waste and win one of these fantastic prizes.
‘Chocolate and Sugarworks’ day at the Nigel Brown Cookery Academy (worth £175)
Food and Beer Cookbook by Richard Fox and a case of Morrissey-Fox Blonde Ale
Yorkshire Tea Gift Pack from Taylors of Harrogate
1 x Hamper per month for 6 months from the Kirkgate Farmers Markets, Leeds
Organic Hampers from Wildstar Organics, South Yorkshire
If you’re unable to visit the food festival, why not make a pledge online.
Staff from the York and North Yorkshire waste partnership will be at the York Festival of Food and Drink on 17, 18, 19, 23, 24 and 25 September from 9am until 5pm. More information on the festival can be found at www.yorkfoodfestival.com
Waste Partnership supporting Beningbrough’s Big Green Festival
Working in partnership with the National Trust, the York and North Yorkshire waste partnership will be encouraging residents to love food hate waste, and compost their peelings at Beningbrough’s Big Green Festival.
Staff and Rotters will be demonstrating how by composting or using a food waste digester, you can reduce your waste and produce nutrient free compost! A variety of composters and food waste digesters will be on display for residents to ‘test drive’ including a working wormery.
Using up leftovers and handy hints for reducing food waste will be provided by Chef Clover Hutson. Clover will also be judging our competition to find the most interesting smoothie recipe for using up leftovers. If you have a smoothie recipe, provide our smoothie bike with the pedal power and we’ll produce it for you. The winning recipe will receive a hand blender, perfect for producing smoothies.
The festival is taking place at Beningbrough Hall, near York on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September from 11am until 4pm. For more information visit www.biggreenfestival.org.uk
Would you like to be a Rotter?
If you are looking for a volunteering opportunity and helping to reduce waste is your bag you do not need to look any further than the North Yorkshire Rotters
Rotters are volunteers, from all over North Yorkshire, who offer friendly advice and expertise to people in their local communities who would like to reduce their waste and save money.
The Rotters are looking for volunteers across North Yorkshire, with no experience required! All you need is enthusiasm and a desire to help reduce North Yorkshire’s waste. In return we offer full training in Home Composting and Love Food Hate Waste, the opportunity to promote composting at regional events and dedicated support from our full time Volunteer Coordinator.
If this sounds like the volunteering opportunity for you contact North Yorkshire Rotters' Volunteer Coordinator, Sam Shaw-Kew, at nyrotters@northyorks.gov.uk or by telephone on 01609 797212 for more information.
For more information on what the Rotters do follow their link by clicking here
To find out more about composting, or to order a bin please click the bin to follow the link.
