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Brighton and Hove bin collection dates
- Add your dates to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar
- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Brighton and Hove
These are the containers used in Brighton and Hove. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Mixed recycling
Black recycling bin or box
Food waste
Garden Waste
Glass
Black glass recycling box
Container details
The container pictures and words are Brighton and Hove City Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
- Mixed recycling: Homes using individual kerbside recycling bins or boxes
- Glass: Homes using individual glass recycling boxes
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026; list of collections built from Brighton and Hove City Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- Food waste caddy guidanceBrighton and Hove City Council
- When and where to put your bins outBrighton and Hove City Council
- Garden waste collectionsBrighton and Hove City Council
- Food waste collectionsBrighton and Hove City Council
- Recycling centres and tipsBrighton and Hove City Council
- Get help putting your bins outBrighton and Hove City Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Brighton and Hove City Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
Missed-bin guidance checked 20 September 2026.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Report another bin collection problemAnything else about the collection or your bins.
- Make a complaint to Brighton and Hove City CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your unitary authority councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my unitary authority councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Brighton and Hove compares
- Recycled or composted
- 28%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 544 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £94per household a year. Similar councils: £77
- Value for money
- 1 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
July 2026 reporting outlined Brighton and Hove’s preparations for possible fortnightly rubbish collections in 2027, with a final decision still required. Reliability remained central to the debate. An August BBC report described councillors’ concerns about missed collections, streets waiting weeks and the lack of automatic catch-up visits. The council said most collections happened on time and cited vehicle failures, staffing shortages, access problems and weather as causes of missed rounds. It reported investment in vehicles, equipment and digital tracking. More than 1,600 residents had shared views through surveys and events, with responses indicating support depended on reliability and prompt catch-up collections.
- Switch from weekly to fortnightly bin collections edges closer — www.brightonandhovenews.org
- Thousands of Brighton bins being missed on collection routes — www.bbc.com