The judges said they were particularly impressed by the market as it now recycles 80 percent of all its waste. St James's was in the running against big name wholesale markets like Smithfield and Billingsgate in London. Colin Wolstenholme, Bradford Council's markets manager, said St James's had been transformed since 2004 when its waste costs were "spiralling out of control".
"Working with the tenants' association we decided to look at all the different waste the market produces - things like cardboard, plastic, wood and unsold fruit and vegetable," he said.
"Working with the tenants' association we decided to look at all the different waste the market produces - things like cardboard, plastic, wood and unsold fruit and vegetable," he said.
"All the waste - about 1,500 tonnes a year - was sent to landfill. A tremendous amount of waste." The market now sells around 20 tonnes of cardboard a month to a paper producer and unsold fruit and vegetables are sent to Yorkshire Water's treatment works in Esholt.
Bradford is also the first market authority in the country to introduce a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme. 
St James's Market, which is located just of the Wakefield A650 road.
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