Council produce ‘easy-to-use’ recycling guide

Brighton & Hove City Council has launched a new A-Z guide on how you can reduce, reuse, recycle or dispose of almost 180 different materials.

THE easy-to-use guide, which gives detailed explanations of what to do with everything from aerosols to mattresses and nappies to Tetra Paks, also gives advice on what to do with materials like rubble, plasterboards, asbestos, bathroom fittings, furniture, white goods, batteries and metal.

Cllr Gill Mitchell, Chair of the council’s environment, transport and sustainability committee, said: “I’m sure many of us have been in the situation where we don’t know what to do with a certain material or item. Do we put it in our recycling? Bin it? Give it away?

“Now, armed with our new A-Z, we’ll all be able to do the right thing and help protect our city and our planet better, and ensure we’re making the best use of the materials we no longer want or need.”

The guide uses what’s called the ‘waste hierarchy’: how to firstly reduce the use of a material or item, then how to reuse it, and then recycle and finally, when none of other others can be done, the best way to dispose of them.

Cllr Mitchell added: “Although our recycling rate is the highest it’s ever been, we must aim much higher. We’re hoping this guide is a game changer in helping us all to recycle more and reduce contamination.”

To access the guide, click here: and then click on the ‘Recycling A-Z’ link to search for the 179 items alphabetically.