New Food Waste Bins Collected 1,700 tonnes!

The council is inviting residents to share their views on a potential change to household rubbish collections in a citywide survey and engagement events. Over the past two years, the waste and recycling service in Brighton & Hove has been transformed. Free food waste collections are now available across the city, and plastic pots, tubs and trays have been added to recycling collections. Thanks to everyone’s efforts locally, more than 1,700 tonnes of food waste have already been collected, and the refuse and recycling crews now routinely collect around 99% of planned collections and are working to get this down to zero.  

We are now seeing the amount of waste in the refuse bins fall significantly, so the council is considering introducing less frequent household rubbish collections for households with their own wheelie bins. This will not effect weekly food waste, medical waste collections or communal on-street services in the city centre and shared bins in flats.

Online Survey About Rubbish & Recycling

Residents can have their say in two ways – by completing the online survey (takes about 5 minutes) on the council’s Your Voice platform or by attending one of the engagement events. This survey ends 20th May 2026. We will share the date for these shortly. We will be doing social media posts which it would be helpful if you could like, share or comment on. Thank you.

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair and Recycle Right

Click here if you are unsure what you can and can’t recycle in Brighton & Hove Bins

Easy to use website for other recycling places e.g. soft plastics – https://www.recyclenow.com

Furniture / clothes / books / toys / kitchenware etc. at Shabitat

Repair Café at the Hollingdean Community Centre, 1st Saturday of the month, 2-5pm, FREE. We welcome both repairees and repairers in a friendly and collaborative environment in which we can reduce waste, share and learn new skills. We want to give your broken items we own a second lease of life! We offer advice and basic repairs and maintenance. Some typical fixes: clothing, zips, simple bike repair; small electrics; basic electronics; simple computer; phone repair / advice.

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