GREEN GUIDE RYEDALE Prepared by the Ryedale Environment Group
RECYCLING
KERBSIDE RECYCLING Ryedale District Council currently recycle the following at kerbside
❖ Plastic bottles (HDPE & PET(E) ❖ Metal tins and cans ❖ Paper and cardboard ❖ Glass bottles and jars
More details available on Ryedale District Council - Waste and Recycling Collections OTHER LOCAL RECYCLING
❖ Kirby Misperton Re-cycling Centre - collection of crisp packets / cat pouches / confectionary wrappers / all dental products / cosmetic products / print cartridges
❖ There are other Local Household Waste Recycling Centres. Find out more – Household Waste Recycling Centres Tips
❖ The Black Swan, Pickering: crisp packets (There are more Mini Recycling Centres located across the District. Head over to the Mini Recycling Centres webpage to find out what can be recycled at these centres)
❖ The Recycling Locator, displayed on the Recycle Now website advises what materials can b e recycled and whe re in your local area
❖ Terracycle - free recycling programmes nationwide
❖ Wentworth Street Car Park, Malton and Eastgate Car Park, Pickering - tetrapacks etc.
COMPOSTING
❖ Composting | North Yorkshire County Council
❖ North Yorkshire Rotters
GREEN HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS
INSULATION AND ALTERNATIVE HEATING SYSTEMS
❖ Thermal Imaging Project, Kirkbymoorside ❖ Peak Power Systems provide solar panels, heat pumps, EV charging points etc.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY ❖ Information and funding for home improvements for private housing can be found on Ryedale District Council
❖ For private landlord improvement loans and grants, visit Ryedale District Council
❖ White Rose Home Improvement Agency helps people who live in the Ryedale District and the Borough of Scarborough to maintain their independence in their home ❖ EnvironSmart - conducting feasibility studies to create net zero buildings like schools etc.
❖ Yorkshire Water provide the following free products to reduce water consumption and help improve water quality
SHOPPING, PRE-LOVED AND RECYCLED FURNITURE The following companies give a new lease of life to old furniture: ❖ The Beehive Pickering
❖ York Community Furniture Store
❖ Why not try giving your items away through Freecycle or Freegle? ❖ Give or Take Days run by local community groups
❖ Community Repair Cafe, Kirkbymoorside
❖ Community Repair Cafe, Hovingham
❖ Environmental Art, Malton - Local, sustainable, ethical design and manufactured items
FOOD
NO-WASTE FOOD OUTLETS Take your own containers to the following shops for filling: ❖ The Beecham Weigh, Malton ❖ The Old Weigh, Pickering ❖ Scoops of Malton, Malton ❖ Health Matters, Helmsley (zero packaging organic foods)
RYEDALE FREE FRIDGES Unlike food banks, free-fridges or foodshares offer perishable food which would otherwise be discarded. There are now free fridges in:
❖ Malton Free Fridge The Wesley Centre, Saville Street, Malton. Open 10am~11.30am every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday including Boxing Day and Bank Holiday Monday Email: [email protected]
❖ Norton Free Fridge Winston Court Community Centre, Norton. Open 10am~1pm every Tuesday and Thursday, including Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve Email: [email protected]
❖ Pickering Food Share Ings Garth Community Centre, Pickering. Open 5:30pm~7:30pm every Monday and 10am~1pm every Wednesday and Friday, but closed Christmas Day Email: [email protected]
❖ KMS Free Fridge Methodist Church, Piercy End, Kirkbymoorside. Open 10am~1pm every Wednesday Email: [email protected]
COMMUNITY KITCHENS
❖ Community Kitchen The community kitchen is run by Community Smart who also supply food aid to Ryedale from fareshare (waste), the volunteer network, etc. Ryedale Community Leisure Centre, Bowling Lane, Norton
ORGANIC PRODUCE ❖ Newfields Organics, Fadmoor - seasonal veg available ❖ The Organic Shop, Pickering - avoids packaging, home deliveries, vegan produce ❖ Riverford Organics - nationwide home delivery vegetable and fruit boxes
LOCAL PRODUCE OUTLETS ❖ Cooks Larder - home delivery of Yorkshire produce including fruit, veg, meat, cheese and much more ❖ The Wall at Coulton, YO62 4NH - Tel: 01347 888293 - home grown veg and plants
MILK DELIVERY ❖ CL Dunn Dairy, 07598881228 delivers in and around Helmsley, Hovingham ❖ Scampston Dairy, 07879611290 delivers in Malton, Kirkbymoorside and surrounding area ❖ Evergreen Dairy, 01751 476646 delivers in Pickering and surrounding area
FOOD WASTE APPS ❖ Olio - Olio is a mobile app for food-sharing, aiming to reduce food waste ❖ TooGoodTooGo - the app that lets you rescue delicious, unsold food from local shops and restaurants so it doesn't go to waste.
TRANSPORT
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Electric Vehicle Charging info for Ryedale Information on electric vehicle charging points in Ryedale can be found at: https://www.ryedale.gov.uk/environment/parking.html on the ‘electric vehicle charging points’ tab.
GET INVOLVED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS Want to make an even bigger difference? The following voluntary groups are always looking for new helpers:
❖ Ryedale Environmental Group - promotes local groups battling climate change ❖ Pickering Hedgehog Rescue - saving wild hedgehogs in the local area ❖ Morsbags Project - makes shopping bags from discarded fabric ❖ Ryevitalise - works to encourage fauna and fauna around the River Rye ❖ Malton and Norton Tidy Group - organise litter picking in the local area ❖ Pick-it-up Pickering - litter picking in Pickering ❖ Community Fridges - saving good food from landfill ❖ Hovingham Project Purple - aiming to make Hovingham carbon neutral by 2030s ❖ Ryedale Community Charter - enabling local communities ❖ Thornton le Dale Village Hub - enhancing the community both through improving the environment and setting up community activities and projects ❖ Environmental Smart - promoting events and Eco education and volunteering opportunity
CONTACT US
Email - [email protected] Website - www.ryedaleenvirogroup.co.uk Facebook - @Ryedale Environmental Group Twitter - @GroupRyedale YouTube - Ryedale Environmental Group