Come to Harrogate and don't worry about recycling – the policy is so shocking as to be almost pointless.
They will accept glass and tin in the one box they will supply for household waste. But not plastic.
They have a small plastic bag for newspaper (but not magazines, Yellow Pages, cardboard etc). But that only lasts one or two collections before disappearing (assumed blown away every time).
They have green garden waste bins but have run out of money to supply them so if you don't have one you are told to share with your nearest neighbour. We got one straight away and now share it with 5 neighbours – in the summer it will only hold a tiny percentage of the garden waste produced.
The recycling tip is badly designed (it is a matter of time before someone is injured) and awfully signposted (it takes an age to find out which skip to put things in, meaning lots of aimless wandering around trying to find the correct one – adding to the dangers). I have contacted the council several times now and they haven't replied once.