But what do residents think of this new scheme?
“It’s time that food was differentiated from other rubbish, we’ve been doing recycling for a long time. Everyone is used to that, it’s brilliant,” said Burgess Hill resident Lalie De Le Vingne.
She added: “If it helps grow crops, that’s great.”
Vignesh Srinivasan said: “I think it’s good, it’s nice to reduce the actual bulk of work for the waste management people.
“I feel more responsible in trying to segregate the waste.”
Martin Davey said it was “well overdue”.
“We’ve been talking about things like this for years, at least we’re there now,” he said.