Recycle for West Sussex


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Full Sweep of Standards for Viridor

Viridor Waste Management, West Sussex County Council's recycling contractor has recently gained an internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems - BS OHSAS 1800.  

Prestige Crawley waste site set to re-open in spring

A new permanent prestige Household Waste Recycling Site is expected to be operating in Crawley by late spring/early summer of next year.

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Horsham

Mid Sussex

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Horsham

Container:

Green bin
Green basket
Green bin Brown lid

Green baskets for recycling (36 litres each).

Green wheeled bin for general waste (140 litres).

Green wheeled bin with brown lid for garden waste and non-corrugated card (240 litres).

Frequency:

Recycling collection - Weekly - but alternating between materials
General waste collection - Weekly

Materials collected for recycling:

Alternate weeks in baskets

Paper and card

  • Newspaper and magazines

  • White paper catalogues

  • Directories

Do not place confidential correspondence (e.g. credit card bills) in your baskets as they are not secure.

Alternate weeks in baskets

Metal containers (steel and aluminium)

  • Food cans

  • Drink cans

  • Pet food cans

  • Aerosols

Plastic bottles only

  • Milk bottles

  • Drinks bottles

  • Detergent bottles

  • Cleaning bottles

  • Shampoo and cosmetic bottles

Fortnightly in green wheeled bin with brown lid

Garden waste

  • Grass cuttings, prunings, weeds, leaves, branches (cut to size no larger than 150mm in diameter) and non-corrugated flat card e.g. cereal packets, egg boxes

For more information on Recycling in Horhsam, click here


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