Recycling rules for Hastings
Based on Hastings published guidance · Last verified October 2026
Under Simpler Recycling, councils across England are standardising collections. Here's what currently goes in each bin in Hastings.
Search what goes in your bins →Quick answers for Hastings
Polystyrene: Not accepted in Hastings' recycling bin
Cardboard: Goes in your recycling bin
Glass bottles and jars: Goes in your recycling bin
Food waste: Hastings has a separate food waste collection
Takes uneaten food and plate scrapings, meat, fish and bones, dairy products and more.
Shredded paper: Not accepted in Hastings' garden waste bin
Clothes: Not accepted in Hastings' recycling bin
Your bins in Hastings, by colour
Container colours as published by Hastings. Some homes get a different container. See the notes.
Brown bin
Garden waste
Brown is the garden waste colour in 64 of the 114 councils with a checked garden waste colour.
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What goes in each bin
Recycling
Accepted
What you can put in your green bin or pink sack:
- Cardboard
- Cardboard egg boxes
- Any cartons (milk, soup, juice, and so on, including Tetra Pak)
- Paper · Shredded paper in a clear bag
- Envelopes
- Telephone directories (including Yellow Pages)
- Catalogues
- Books
- Newspapers and magazines
- Office paper
- Junk mail, leaflets and circulars
- Food and drinks cans
- Metal lids from glass bottles and jars
- Clean kitchen foil and foil food trays
- Aerosol cans · Empty
- Lids from jars
- Plastic bottles (flattened and the lids put back on)
- Plastic food pots, tubs and trays
- Plastic film and bags (where item indicates it is suitable for home recycling)
- Toothpaste tubes
- Glass bottles (lids off please)
- Glass jars (lids off please)
Not accepted
What you can't put in your green bin or pink sack:
- Wrapping paper with glitter
- Cards with glitter
- Foil/paper mixed wrapping paper
- Wet paper/cardboard
- Photographs
- Blister packs
- Bubble wrap
- Polystyrene
- Black plastic bags
- Foil-lined plastic pouches and bags
- Hard plastics
- Wine / drinking glasses
- Glass oven dishes
- Light bulbs
- Broken glass/sheets of glass
- Window panes
- Pyrex glassware
- Mirrors
- Textiles
- Food waste (please put this in your food waste caddy for collection)Instead: Food waste caddy
- Nappies
- Wood
- Rubber
- Ceramics
- Crockery
- Sand
- Negatives
- Tyres
- Garden waste
- Dog waste/cat litter
- Building materials
- Paint tins or cans · Even if empty
- Black plastic pots cannot be recycled, so please put those in your rubbish binInstead: Rubbish bin
Food Waste
Accepted
- Uneaten food and plate scrapings
- Meat, fish and bones
- Dairy products · Except liquids
- Tea bags and coffee grounds
- Fruit, vegetables and peelings
- Bread, rice and pasta
- You can also put your mouldy, out of date food and pet food (without packaging) in your kitchen caddy
- Pet food · Without packaging
Not accepted
- Food packaging
- Garden waste and cut flowers
- Animal bedding and animal waste
- Paper towels
- Plastic or biodegradable bags
- Large seafood shells
- No. We are only able to collect food waste contained in the approved compostable liners with the seedling logo on
Garden Waste
Accepted
What you can put in your garden bin:
- Loose grass cuttings
- Wood chippings
- Hedge trimmings
- Small branches (less than 100mm/4inches in diameter)
- Cut flowers
- Leaves
- Plant cuttings
- Plants
- Weeds · Not Japanese Knotweed
Not accepted
What you can't put in your garden bin:
- Soil
- Large branches (more than 100mm/4inches in diameter)
- Kitchen waste
- Paper
- Card
- Shredded paper
- Animal waste
- Clothing
- Stones
- Bagged material
- Inorganic material
- Japanese Knotweed
How Hastings compares
- Hastings takes plastic film at the kerbside (“Plastic film and bags (where item indicates it is suitable for home recycling)”). Of the 102 councils whose lists say either way, 84 do not.
Neighbouring councils we have checked: Rother.
When are bins collected in Hastings?
This page covers what goes in each bin. Collection days are set by the council and vary by street. See how to find your bin collection day, or browse streets by postcode to see schedules your neighbours have added.
Bank holidays, in Hastings’ own words: “The bins will be collected fortnightly, including bank holidays, but collections will be suspended over the two-week period that covers Christmas and New Year.” See the council’s page →
In Hastings’ own words: “Food waste collections are weekly.”
Garden waste collections pause over Christmas.
No streets in Hastings on BinBosh yet: be the first to add yours, and your neighbours can adopt it instead of setting up their own.
How we checked this page
We read 10 pages of Hastings’ website on 29 October 2026 and checked each of the 96 facts on this page against the council’s own words before publishing it.
One fact on this page names a date; we check it again by 29 January 2027.
Source: Hastings council website. Check your council’s site for the latest updates.
Frequently asked questions
What colour are the bins in Hastings?
In Hastings the garden waste bin is brown. Hastings also lists a green bin for recycling. Brown is the garden waste colour in 64 of the 114 councils with a checked garden waste colour.
Where does glass go in Hastings?
Glass goes in the recycling bin in Hastings (“Glass bottles (lids off please)”).
Is garden waste collected all year in Hastings?
Garden waste collections pause over Christmas.
What goes in the recycling bin in Hastings?
Hastings’ recycling bin takes “Cardboard”, “Cardboard egg boxes” and “Any cartons (milk, soup, juice, and so on, including Tetra Pak)”, among other things.
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