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South Kirkby Community Liaison Group Meeting 16.06.2025

South Kirkby Community Liaison Group Meeting 14.10.2024

Pontefract Library Hosts Districts First-Ever Repair Café, Saving 56.9 kg of CO₂

Pontefract Library buzzed with activity on 11th October as it hosted its first ever Repair Café, offering community members the chance to breathe new life into their belongings. The event, running from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm, saw four skilled volunteer...

Completion of divestment of UK Municipal operations

  Renewi plc ("Renewi" or the "Group") (LSE: RWI.L and Euronext Amsterdam: RWI.AS), a leading European waste-to-product company, is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of its UK Municipal operations (“UK Municipal”) to Biffa Limited (“Biffa"), a leading UK-wide...

Return to Winter Opening Hours

Please note that British summertime opening hours at the Household Waste Recycling Centres will end from Sunday 27 October 2024. Therefore, from Monday 28 October 2024,  all HWRCs will close at 17.00 hours Monday to Friday. New Winter Opening Hours Day...

Wakefield district residents urged to recycle their electricals

New small electricals recycling collection points unveiled around the district Wakefield Council and waste partner Renewi today unveiled new recycling collection points, located across the district, to help make recycling old and unwanted electricals easier for locals. Together, they hope the...

Household waste recycling centre August bank holiday opening times 2023

  Date Site Name Opening Times Friday 25 August 2023 All centres 8:00 - 17:00 Saturday 26 August 2023 All centres 8:00 - 16:00 Sunday 27 August 2023 All centres 9:00 - 16:00 Bank Holiday Monday 28 August 2023 South Kirkby...

Late night opening change at Wakefield Household Waste Recycling Centre

The opening hours at the Wakefield Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) are set to change. From Tuesday 1 August, the Wakefield HWRC’s late night opening will change to 8pm on Tuesdays.

Recycling champion?

Do you care about sustainability and protecting the planet? Come and volunteer with Wakefield Recycles Renewi, working in partnership with Wakefield Council, is the waste management company that manages the whole of the waste disposal in Wakefield district. Our dedicated Education...

Renewi and Wakefield Council unveil recycling banks for small electrical items at libraries across the district Three new recycling banks for small electrical items have been placed in libraries around the Wakefield district.

The bright green bins can be found in libraries at Stanley, Featherstone and South Elmsall and aim to improve the recycling of electrical waste. In just six months from April to September 2022, batteries caused 69 fires at the Wakefield district’s waste treatment facility in South Kirkby. Electrical items contain...

Renewi, working in partnership with Wakefield Council, supports national campaign to tackle “zombie battery” fires

Renewi, working in partnership with Wakefield Council, is participating in the national Take Charge campaign, which launched on Monday 24th October. The campaign aims to tackle the serious problem of recycling and waste fires caused by carelessly discarded “zombie batteries”. The...

What happens to my waste in Wakefield?

The Waste Treatment Facility at South Kirkby continues to increase recycling, reduce the amount of waste we send to landfill and help generate green sustainable energy.