Brighton Spotlight

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...