Find out more about our new food waste collection service, and how it works.
Weekly food waste collections will start to be introduced from September this year.
In Brighton & Hove, around a third of household rubbish is food and drink waste, about 2.8 kilogrammes per household each week.
Our goal is for all food waste to be recycled instead of being placed in household rubbish bins.
Food waste collections are now available to 73,000 households in the east, north and west of the city.
Queens Park, Hanover, Kemptown, Whitehawk, Central Brighton, Seven Dials, Roundhill, and Central Hove will all start their collections in March 2026.
The current timeline for central and communal areas is as follows, and may be subject to change:
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| December 2025 | Food waste wheelie bins delivered to flats |
| Week beginning 5 January 2026 | Food waste bins start to be installed in central communal on-street areas |
| 12 January to end of February 2026 | Food waste caddies delivered to households in central and communal on-street areas |
| March 2026 | Food waste collections start for central and communal areas start |
We'll provide every household with a 5 litre caddy to go in your kitchen, and a starter pack of two rolls of compostable caddy liners.
An indoor kitchen caddy
Compostable caddy liners
The type of outside bin we provide will depend on where you live. If you:
We'll send out instruction leaflets with your caddies. You can also download a copy of our food waste collections leaflet.
Do not put any food waste into your caddy until a week before your collections start. Until then, you should continue to put your food waste in with your household rubbish. Do not try to recycle food waste with any other recycling, as this will cause contamination.