Recycling rules for Chichester

In Chichester, plastic bags, wrap, film, crisp packets, polystyrene, toys can't go in your recycling bin.

In Chichester, paper and cardboard (newspapers and magazines, junk mail, greetings cards, envelopes, cereal boxes, egg boxes) goes in your recycling bin.

In Chichester, wine bottles, beer bottles, perfume bottles, jam jars, sauce jars and bottles, coffee jars and their lids go in your recycling bin. Please remove lids so that we can recycle them separately.

In Chichester, food waste goes in your food waste bin. It takes all uneaten food and plate scrapings, raw meat and fish, cooked meat and fish and more.

Chichester's recycling bin accepts paper and cardboard (newspapers and magazines, junk mail, greetings cards, envelopes, cereal boxes, egg boxes), plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, wine bottles, beer bottles, perfume bottles, jam jars, sauce jars and bottles, coffee jars and their lids, aluminium foil (scrunched into a ball), clean foil takeaway containers, foil trays, foil-based blister packs, food cans, drink cans, pet food cans, biscuit and sweet tins, empty aerosol cans, tetra pak cartons, milk cartons, fruit juice cartons, custard cartons, soup cartons and other cardboard cartons, and more. please squash your empty bottles and reattach the top.

Chichester's food waste bin accepts all uneaten food and plate scrapings, raw meat and fish, cooked meat and fish, meat bones, fish bones and shells, dairy products including cheese and eggs, and more.

Chichester's garden waste bin accepts grass cuttings, weeds, leaves, hedge cuttings, tree & shrub cuttings, plants & flowers, and more.

Items not accepted in Chichester: shredded paper, paper towels and tissues, plastic bags, wrap, film, crisp packets, polystyrene, toys, pyrex, drinking glasses, crockery, window glass, ceramics, pet food pouches, polystyrene containers and dirty foil. Wood/branches — exceeding 100mm/4" or bigger than your wrist.