Food waste collections to start for 73,000 homes

Weekly food waste collections are being introduced for 73,000 homes in Brighton from Monday.

Brighton and Hove City Council said residents in central Brighton, Hanover, Kemptown, Queen's Park, Roundhill, Seven Dials and Whitehawk will be included in the expanded service.

The council has invested £1.2m in the rollout.

Tim Rowkins, cabinet member for net zero and environmental services, said: "We have introduced collections in stages so we can learn from and build on the successes of each area."

Food waste has increased from six tonnes in the first week to 1,029 tonnes of food waste collected across three areas up to 20 February, the council said.

It added that 600 communal on-street bins and containers for flats have been installed since January and will be ready for use.

Collected food waste is turned into compost and soil improver to help grow more food, the council added.

Residents can now put all cooked and uncooked food waste in their caddies, instead of the waste bin.

This includes unpackaged bread, pasta and rice, fruit and vegetables, fish, meat and bones, dairy, tea bags and coffee grounds.

Some blocks of flats will use shared communal food waste bins instead of individual containers, the council added.

Households with communal on‑street collections will use shared food waste bins provided locally, the authority said.

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