Appendix 2: consistency in household recycling: impact on current service delivery

The materials printed in the second column are proposed as the core set of materials that all authorities will be expected to collect as part of a future recycling service.

The second column indicates whether these are current collected in Brighton & Hove.

The third column provides the suggested timescales for implementation, as per the government’s consultation document.

	Material(s)	Collected?	Implementation
Glass	Drinks bottles		Expectation that local authorities will collect these materials from October 2023. The exception is plastic films, phased in with a defined “end date” of the 2026/27 financial year.
	Condiment bottles
	Jars
Paper and card	Newspaper
	Cardboard packaging
	Writing paper
Metal	Steel and aluminium tins and cans
	Foil, food trays and metal lids
	Steel and aluminium aerosols
	Aluminium tubes (e.g., tomato puree tubes)
Plastic	Plastic bottles
	Plastic pots tubs and trays
	Plastic films
	Food and drink cartons		NB: food and drink cartons are collected at recycling points, not kerbside or communal recycling collections.
Food waste	Food scraps		Expectation that local authorities will collect separate food waste from all households during the 2023/24 financial year. For local authorities with long term residual waste disposal contracts, Defra propose that a separate food waste collection service should be implemented as quickly as contracts allow. The consultation is seeking views on the latest this should be done by and they anticipate setting a date between 2024/25 and 2030/31.
	Tea bags Coffee grounds	Households with garden waste collections
Garden waste	Grass cuttings Garden weeds Plants and flowers Hedge clippings Leaves Twigs and small branches	Households with garden waste collections	Expectation that local authorities will arrange for the free collection of garden waste during the 2023/24 financial year. Councils would be able to charge for more frequent collections and/or additional capacity. (Currently collected fortnightly using 240 litre bin, with a £65 per bin charge).