Rubbish

If your rubbish, recycling or garden waste bin hasn't been collected, please wait until after 3pm on your collection day to let us know.

Get a new bin or box, replace a lost or damaged one, or ask us for a different size

Where you should put your rubbish or recycling wheelie bins on collection days and what you can put in them

What you can put in our communal or shared bins for non-recyclables. These are the large shared black rubbish bins on streets, or shared medium and large bins for blocks of flats.

If you physically can't move your bins or boxes, we may help you take your rubbish or recycling out. Read our guidance on assisted collections.

As a charity, you may be entitled to free collections or access to our Hove Recycling Site. Find out how to apply.

Barbecue bins near our beaches are yellow and have signs showing what they’re for. Find out where they are in our map of barbecue bins.

You can order an extra wheelie bin for your garden waste, which we'll collect from your home every 2 weeks.

Let us know if you see dumped items left in a public place, also known as a fly-tip. We'll aim to collect it within 2 days of it being reported.

Let us know about waste problems caused by a business. This could be a business using household communal bins for its waste, its bins causing an obstruction or not clearing up customer litter.

There are two recycling sites - also called tips - one in Hove, off Old Shoreham Road and one in Brighton, off Wilson Avenue. They take household waste or recycling, electrical items, garden waste and some DIY waste. Find out how to get access to the sites.

About our pick up service and information on how to dispose of large and electrical household items, sometimes known as bulky waste.

If you no longer need an item and it's in good condition, you could give it away to someone who could use it.

Find out what business waste is. Learn your responsibilities as a business and why you need a Duty of care waste transfer notice.

Find out about the rubbish and recycling service we offer businesses and trades, and how waste can be disposed of legally.

We're changing the way business bins are managed in Brighton & Hove and introducing T-Zones in some areas of the city

Types of clinical waste collection, what can be collected and how to book a collection.

We don't collect or accept fireworks, petrol, diesel, Japanese knotweed or Ragwort at our household waste recycling sites, also known as tips.

As a charity, you may be entitled to free collections or access to our Hove Recycling Site. Find out how to apply.