Weekly food waste collections start today in Aldrington, Hangleton, Mile Oak, Portslade, and West Hove.
This latest phase will bring the number of households with food waste collections in Brighton & Hove to 73,000.
The council has delivered starter packs to households, and residents in these areas can look up their new food waste collection day on the website.
Food waste collections have shown steady growth since they started in the east of the city in September, with phase 2 coming on stream in October.
Weekly tonnage increased from 6 tonnes in the first week to 230 tonnes of food waste having been collected across both areas by the end of November – that’s 3,833 full wheelie bins worth diverted from waste for recycling.
After collection, the food waste is turned into compost and soil improver to help grow more food.
Councillor Tim Rowkins, Cabinet member for Net Zero and Environmental Services, said: “I’m 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.
“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 – together they have helped divert 21 fully-laden refuse trucks from waste to be recycled and re-used as soil improver to grow more food.
“We’re already preparing for the fourth, final and biggest phase of food waste collections. These will cover the central areas of Brighton and Hove and complete food waste collections for the whole of the city by March 2026.”
From 8 December, residents in the west of the city can 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.
Starter packs to households include compostable liners – if lining caddies, only these or newspaper must be used, rather than plastic bags as plastic cannot be composted.
The advice is to leave out caddies on the edge of properties where crews can easily see them. Place the handle upright to keep the lid secure. Some blocks of flats will have access to a shared food waste bin instead of individual outdoor caddies.
Food waste should be put out for collection either the night before or by 5am on collection day. Crews will be out collecting between 5am and 10pm.
Find out more about food waste collections on the council website. Here you can also order a replacement caddy and report a missed collection.
Brighton & Hove City Council is investing £1.2 million in this new weekly food waste service so all households, whether in a flat, kerbside or communal area, will be able to recycle their food waste by March 2026.
The final phase will cover 76,000 households in the central and communal on-street bin areas of Queen’s Park, Hanover, Kemptown, Whitehawk, Central Brighton, Seven Dials, Roundhill and Central Hove.
Find tips for reducing food waste from the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership
