{"id":51613,"date":"2025-09-22T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/?p=51613"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:32:05","slug":"rescue-your-recycling-recycle-right-and-reduce-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/brighton-hove\/2025\/09\/22\/rescue-your-recycling-recycle-right-and-reduce-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue your recycling \u2013 Recycle Right and reduce waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"51613\" class=\"elementor elementor-51613\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03ff6ce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"03ff6ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f1e865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f1e865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Did you know that, if everyone in the UK recycled an empty aerosol, enough energy would be saved to run a TV in 273,000 homes for a year? Yet aerosols are one of the UK\u2019s most binned items, together with yoghurt pots, cleaning product bottles with triggers, toilet roll tubes, aftershave and perfume bottles \u2013 all of which can be recycled.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tracking.vuelio.co.uk\/tracking\/click?d=i32_hvdxlIxeWU1sGlf6oCHMH6V9KPkLaLz90z6dFHUj37McrZDVLmCNKw-VlCFyg4fX7ma0ALAuv6emAsX9G0WyB6idpe2eELGyiozjrVIaNgaG6iN07QPR59vpv9j4WSXxPM3eSM2xju9GAEIYAtfldrM_KNx7ed1wQMTrHQsvYfZQw43AeNZ854N4PHVymM6R0BNl98VK0VTf8YzmLCY1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recycle Week<\/a> (22-28 September) is encouraging everyone to rescue items that can be recycled from ending up in your general rubbish bin.<\/p><p>In Brighton &amp; Hove, the council recently expanded the range of items that are collected for recycling.<\/p><p>Residents can now put plastic pots, tubs and trays in with their dry mixed recycling.<\/p><p>Items include:<\/p><ul><li>Plastic pots used for yoghurt, prepared fruit, mini desserts, soup, cosmetics<\/li><li>Plastic tubs for margarine, chocolate, pasta sauce, ice cream, baked goods such as bite-sized flapjacks, laundry powder<\/li><li>Plastic trays or bowls such as meat and fish trays, ready meal bowls or trays, snack and salad containers, fruit punnets, containers for fresh or prepared vegetables, cakes and pastries, trays inside boxes of chocolates<\/li><li>Toothpaste tubes<\/li><\/ul><p>They can go in either kerbside recycling or communal recycling (bins with light blue or black lids) alongside plastic bottles, empty aerosols, tins and cans, paper and cardboard.<\/p><p>With pots, tubs and trays, it\u2019s important to remove the plastic film first, as that can\u2019t be recycled and \u2013 as with all recycling \u2013 put them in the bin clean, dry and loose.<\/p><p>Give food containers a rinse and shake dry before placing them in your household recycling bin or communal recycling.<\/p><p>Any clean plastic film and packaging that we can\u2019t collect can be recycled at supermarkets, along with carrier bags when they are no longer usable.<\/p><p>Residents in the city can recycle glass bottles and jars (with metal lids on) in their separate glass box or bin, or at a recycling point in the bins with burgundy lids.<\/p><p>Councillor Tim Rowkins, Cabinet member for Net Zero and Environmental Services, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve made major progress this year on expanding the range of materials available for recycling, including food waste, which has just started in the east of the city.<\/p><p>\u201cHere in Brighton &amp; Hove, we want to make it easy and convenient for residents to recycle. Nearly 8 out of 10 of us in the UK throw items in the bin that could be recycled*, and in the coming months we\u2019ll be putting in place more improvements to help residents recycle more and recycle right.\u201d<\/p><p>The city&#8217;s recycling collections are sorted and separated into different materials \u2013 such as paper, plastics and metals \u2013 at the Hollingdean Materials Recovery Facility. They are then baled and sent to market to be transformed into new products, contributing to a circular economy. Garden and food waste are turned into compost.<\/p><p>Waste that can\u2019t be recycled is used to generate electricity at the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility, which creates enough energy to power 25,000 homes a year.<\/p><p>Watch the video to see what happens to Brighton &amp; Hove&#8217;s recycling when it gets to the sorting facility in Hollingdean, and discover more things to rescue from the rubbish bin at <a href=\"https:\/\/tracking.vuelio.co.uk\/tracking\/click?d=3cSjCOQpDDIy0k84YD47E0n8MawePUQKaffm42-qASIafQBvtn3oXwkPqJWITRjR9ZD5immKvL_hof43mQtUdet1-veCcXtwPrB5ofvS6tDkiO4kQ1WnaK7Oidg5hyQS_sYFQsF6FRElD89g6WsCph1hpFvGSf-L30ip1NGKg48T0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brighton-hove.gov.uk\/recycleright<\/a><\/p><p>As well as dry, mixed recycling, take these to recycling points across the city:<\/p><ul><li>Food and drink cartons, gravy tubs and crisp tubes (bins with orange lids)<\/li><li>Small electricals, including cables, laptops, toasters and kettles (bins with pink lids). Remove batteries where possible and always return them to retailers as they can cause fires. The same goes for vapes.<\/li><\/ul><p>The city&#8217;s 2 household waste recycling sites take a wide range of items and are useful for things that can\u2019t be recycled at home or at a recycling point.<\/p><p>*Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/tracking.vuelio.co.uk\/tracking\/click?d=1WsN1Yw3lUpPrp5nbt8VgtCqUdERULlzKGQkZ5k_wYqJiDRfZr2qpYj2-eNAFN5S-E_eWH_BCXxY0XugbxhGT728m6d1CZlvb46fOQ1haDfLz8Hrf8HSx26dnjXFW2jFyVqv3FxjQC6v2WecFvRaDuTs767_59TRqvLoQh8d2LcCMbObYMzSsTREUbAcEWCdJ0nVBE960GppwSApudTaV71w6kXe7wsWg8uZdVtZOoCzuLHv_uBU6H0jyUZpGPgRMw2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAP October 2024<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2026f7b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2026f7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6d901 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"3d6d901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-facebook\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M504 256C504 119 393 8 256 8S8 119 8 256c0 123.78 90.69 226.38 209.25 245V327.69h-63V256h63v-54.64c0-62.15 37-96.48 93.67-96.48 27.14 0 55.52 4.84 55.52 4.84v61h-31.28c-30.8 0-40.41 19.12-40.41 38.73V256h68.78l-11 71.69h-57.78V501C413.31 482.38 504 379.78 504 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare on Facebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that, if everyone in the UK recycled an empty aerosol, enough energy would be saved to run a TV in 273,000 homes for a year? 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