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Kerbside Multi-material Recycling Service
As of summer 2006 all suitable households in accessible streets receive kerbside box recycling. If you need recycling boxes, please complete a recycling box order form online.
To find out whether your street has kerbside recycling or to check your recycling day, please use the kerbside recycling search.
Please remember to put your box at the front edge of your property as close to the pavement as possible.
- collections
- what do I do?
- how do I get a box?
- what can I recycle in my box?
- things you must not put in your box
- what happens on a bank holiday?
- I live in a block of flats, can I use the kerbside service?
- collections for disabled or older residents
- My road isn't included yet - why not?
- why take part?
- how you can help us
- are collections made on a bank holiday?
Collections
Multi-material kerbside recycling is collected either weekly or fortnightly, depending on area. Use our recycling collection day search to find out your collection day and dates.
What do I do?
- put your box out by 6am on your recycling box collection day
- place the boxes on the front edge of your property so that they can be clearly seen
- don't block the pathway
- put your refuse out on your refuse collection day
- remember to wash & squash! please only put clean items in your box and squash drinks cans & plastic bottles
- keep glass separate from all other recycling
- don't put rubbish in your recycling box
If you prefer, please download the Important Changes To Your Recycling Collection leaflet [PDF 681kb] which contains all of this information.
How do I get a box?
To order a box or request extra boxes you can complete a recycling box order form online. or contact Cityclean.
Please note: We can only deliver boxes to streets and properties that are suitable for kerbside box recycling and currently receive the recycling service. We cannot provide individual recycling boxes to residents in purpose-built blocks of flats.
What can I recycle in my box?
You can recycle the following materials in your box. Please separate glass and household batteries from all other recycling; it is important glass and batteries are kept in a box on their own or a carrier bag on top of the box. The rest of your recycling does can be mixed together. If you use carrier bags, they will be returned in your box for you to use again.
| Paper (neat stack) | |
|---|---|
| Please see our paper recycling page for more information | |
| newspapers | yes |
| magazines | yes |
| paper junk-mail (no plastic) | yes |
| catalogues | yes |
| cards | yes |
| comics | yes |
| phone directories | yes |
| envelopes (windows removed) | yes |
| shredded paper (wrapped or bagged so it doesn't blow around) | yes |
| yellow pages | yes |
| Cans and tins (clean & placed in a bag) | |
|---|---|
| Please see our can recycling page for more information | |
| food cans and tins |
yes |
| drinks cans (squashed) | yes |
| household aerosols - empty and lids removed | yes |
| Glass - washed & lids removed | |
|---|---|
| Please see our glass recycling page for more information | |
| glass bottles | yes |
| glass jars | yes |
| Cardboard - folded flat, in pieces no larger than the recycling box | |
|---|---|
| cardboard boxes | yes |
| cereal boxes | yes |
| cardboard egg boxes | yes |
| Plastic bottles - washed & squashed | |
|---|---|
|
see our plastic recycling page for more information | |
| fizzy drinks bottles | yes |
| mineral water bottles | yes |
| Household batteries - clean & placed in a bag | |
|---|---|
| Try to use re-chargeable batteries | |
| household batteries | yes |
Things you must not put in your box
Materials that cannot be recycled through this kerbside collection service will be left in the box. If the wrong materials enter the system it may mean that an entire lorry load could be rejected.
| Please don't put these in your box: | |
|---|---|
| Anything that's not on the 'yes' list | |
| broken glass - this can injure our recycling collectors | No |
| plastic ready meal dishes | No |
| plastic food containers | No |
| yoghurt pots | No |
| Margarine tubs | No |
| Drink cartons and tetra-paks | No |
| Polystyrene | No |
| Plastic film/cling film | No |
| Sweet wrappers & crisp packets | No |
| Tissue paper | No |
| Pet food pouches | No |
| Paint tins | No |
| foil | No |
| Textiles - take to charity shops or textile banks | No |
| Wallpaper | No |
| Car batteries | No |
| Plastic bags | |
|---|---|
| Say no to unwanted carrier bags! try to use shopping bags or 'bag for life' schemes. You may use plastic bags to sort your materials within the box, they will be returned for you to re-use. | |
What happens on a bank holiday?
Check your collection dates on our recycling collection day search page.I live in a block of flats, can I use the kerbside service?
This service is available to residents in some smaller blocks of flats. We are aiming to provide larger purpose-built blocks of flats with their own communal recycling points. If you live in an HMO (house of multiple occupancy - i.e. a house converted into flats) in a street that receives kerbside recycling, you will be able to use the service.
If you currently do not use the service, please contact Cityclean to see if the service is available in your property. In some cases we may have to make a site visit to assess your property for suitability. If the property is not suitable for kerbside recycling, it will be considered for the communal recycling service.
Collections for older or disabled residents
If you are unable to move your recycling box we can offer an assisted collection. For further information contact Cityclean, stating that you need the service and where you would like the boxes collected from. Please note that we are unable to collect the boxes from inside buildings.My road isn't included yet - why not?
Kerbside recycling has now been rolled out to all accessible and suitable roads in Brighton & Hove. Some roads in the City are not suitable for kerbside recycling. This may be because the street is narrow and therefore difficult for our kerbside vehicles to access, some streets are in very busy shopping and commercial areas. We will be looking at these streets in 2006 to decide the best way to provide recycling to residents in these areas. In the meantime we would like to encourage residents to still recycle as much of their waste as possible and to use the recycling sites around the City.Why take part?
You can recycle over 60% of your waste by using the kerbside service. This means 60% less waste going to landfill. By recycling waste to make new products we save natural resources.
Try to reduce and reuse your waste as well as recycling.
Contact us
For further information or to report a problem please contact Cityclean.