Brighton & Hove Council's Reply Following my previous post about Brighton and Hove's recycling issues, and after putting the matter to the council, I received the following reply from Tim Rowkins, Labour Hanover & Elm Grove ward councillor and council lead for the environment: “We’re working hard to improve the city’s recycling rates, which have been too low for too long. It is a top priority for us. There has been the myth that the reason we can’t recycle more items is because of the contract with Veolia. This is not the case. The primary obstacle to accepting more items is the size and configuration of our Materials Recovery Facility, and we are working on plans to address this. One of the key issues we are working on at the moment is the high level of contamination – items placed in recycling bins that cannot currently be recycled. Common items that should not go in with recycling include plastic pots, tubs and trays, food and drink cartons such as Tetrapaks and sof...
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Brighton and Hove City Council has the most limited recycling scheme in Sussex. Plastic bottles only. You'd be forgiven for assuming that Brighton must be one of the 'greenest' cities in the UK. Between 2011 and 2015 the council was led by the nation's first-ever Green Party administration, and the Greens had control of the council for a second time between 2020 and 2023. The UK's only Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has held a seat in the city for almost 14 years. But the city's recycling policy appears to be the most limited in all of Sussex: Information taken from council websites in February 2024. Adur and Worthing councils have a joint recycling policy. This unflattering comparison to Brighton and Hove's neighbouring councils makes it clear the city is still seriously lagging behind in terms of what its residents can put in their recycling bins. The Brighton and Hove Food Partnership says that the city's limited recycling scheme means resident...