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Cllr Mohammed Rafique at the new Podback recycling facilities at Kirkstall Household Waste Recycling Centre in Leeds

Cllr Mohammed Rafique (left) with recycling site assistant Reece Armstrong (right) ready to recycle coffee pods at the new facilities at Kirkstall Household Waste Recycling Centre

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the finds.

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers.

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.

Among the discoveries was a bronze alloy flat axe head, believed to be more than 4,000 years old. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.

Other unusual finds included an 18th century set of nutcrackers, shown here held by Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology.

Other unusual finds included an 18th century set of nutcrackers, shown here held by Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology.

Other unusual finds included a clay pipe bowl featuring the carefully carved, seated figure of Britannia, thought to date from around the 1840s.