\n This initiative takes the total number of participating households in Brighton and Hove to 73,000.\n<\/p>\n
\n The city council has already delivered starter packs to homes in these areas.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents are encouraged to check the council website for their designated collection day for food waste.\n<\/p>\n
\n First introduced in the city’s eastern parts last September and followed by a second phase in October, the scheme has grown rapidly.\n<\/p>\n
\n Collections have soared from 6 tonnes in the initial week to 230 tonnes collected across both zones by late November.\n<\/p>\n
\n That\u2019s 3,833 full wheelie bins worth diverted from waste for recycling.\n<\/p>\n
\n Commenting on this, Councillor Tim Rowkins, cabinet member for net zero and environmental services, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to see phase 3 of food waste collections starting, giving residents in the west of the city the opportunity to easily recycle food waste which currently makes up more than a third of the waste found in household bins.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Tim Rowkins with kitchen and outdoor caddies. (Image: Brighton and Hove City Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n “The take-up of the scheme so far has been amazing, exceeding all expectations, and I want to thank residents in the east and north of the city for taking part.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We\u2019re already preparing for the fourth, final and biggest phase of food waste collections.”\n<\/p>\n
\n From December 8, residents in the west can deposit all types of cooked and uncooked food waste into their caddies.\n<\/p>\n
\n This includes unpackaged bread, pasta and rice, fruit and vegetables, fish, meat and bones, dairy, tea bags and coffee grounds.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents should ensure the caddies are placed visibly at the property edge, ready for collection between 5am and 10pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n The \u00a31.2 million investment aims to extend this recycling initiative to all households, inclusive of flats, kerbside and communal areas by March 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n The final phase is anticipated to cover 76,000 households in the central and communal on-street bin areas of Queen\u2019s Park, Hanover, Kemptown, Whitehawk, Central Brighton, Seven Dials, Roundhill and Central Hove.\n<\/p>\n
\n For detailed information on the food waste initiative, missed collections or replacement caddies, residents are advised to consult the council’s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This initiative takes the total number of participating households in Brighton and Hove to 73,000. The city council…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-312981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}