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Brighton Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS) will be closed on Wednesday 4th August all day for essential maintenance works.
Have you ever wondered what happens to your garden and food waste?
Charges apply for certain materials, which you will need to pay to dispose of at Household Waste Recycling Site in East Sussex
Please note that Brighton HWRS will be closed on Thursday 19th July for essential maintenance work. We would encourage people to use the site on another day instead, or if necessary then to use the Hove HWRS, Off Old Shoreham Road, Hove BN3 3TW. This is a one day closure only and Brighton HWRS will be open as normal again on Friday 20th July.
Household Waste Recycling Site Update: Snow Closures
Heathfield Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS) will be closed on Wednesday 7th February all day for essential maintenance works.
To mark National Recycle Week next week (25 September to 1 October), residents across East Sussex and Brighton & Hove are being invited to come and see ‘what goes around comes around’ at Hollingdean Materials Recovery Facility’s Annual ‘Wonder’ Open Day.
Veolia in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council are encouraging residents to ‘go green’ and recycle your ‘eggstra’ Easter packaging.
Ever wondered what happens to your general waste that can’t be recycled after it is collected for disposal? Come along and discover this and more at our ‘Waste & Recycling Wonder Open Day.’
Due to East Sussex County Council Road Works Wadhurst HWRS will be closed all day on Friday.
Halloween is a seasonal day enjoyed by children and adults alike, but it can create a lot of waste. Costumes, decorations, and sweet treats top the list of a spooktacular Halloween.
Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility - Annual Maintenance Outage Bulletin
Have you ever wondered what happens to your green garden waste and separated food waste after it is collected? Or have you ever wondered how we can use this waste to produce a peat-free compost?
Summer opening hours will be in place from 1 April 2016 at the county’s Household Waste Recycling Sites, managed by Veolia in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council.
If your thoughts turn to a spot of gardening during the long weekend - now that the weather is warming up, why not try Veolia Pro-Grow Soil Conditioner? It is the perfect top soil improver for perennial and annual planting beds, you can use it to establish lawns where native soils are unsuitable and as backfill to encourage plant establishment and improve survival rates. Pro-Grow is available at all of the 14 Household Waste Recycling Sites.
Ever wondered how we generate electricity from rubbish? Come and discover this and more at our Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility ‘Waste & Recycling Wonder Open Day.'
Discover the wonderful world of waste and more at your ‘Waste & Recycling Wonder’ open day.
With the New Year only just beginning, many people have made or are making their New Year’s resolutions for the year ahead, but how many of them will be as important as delivering a cleaner and greener environment? Veolia South Downs is encouraging residents to pledge their New Year’s resolution to reducing, reusing and recycling waste that you produce.
Electrical items are one of the most popular gifts received at Christmas and the 14 Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS) in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove offer the perfect place to reuse and recycle unwanted items.
With the festive season now upon us and as people in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove prepare for Christmas, Veolia is reminding people about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling at this busy time of year when vast amounts of waste are produced.
Hailsham Household Waste Recycling Site: CLOSED - Wednesday 16th December
Veolia South Downs has launched an online waste themed advent calendar. The calendar is perfect for helping residents stay green this Christmas and watch their ‘waste’-lines.
Bonfire night parties and festivities can generate a huge amount of waste, so don’t forget to remember to follow the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse and always make sure you Recycle as much as possible afterwards. If you’re throwing a party, think about using reusable plates, cups, utensils, napkins and tablecloths.
Halloween is a seasonal day enjoyed by children and adults alike, but it can create a lot of waste. Costumes, decorations, and sweet treats top the list of a spooktacular Halloween.
Crowborough Household Waste Recycling Site: CLOSED - Wednesday 21st October from 1pm to 5pm.
Winter opening hours will soon be in place at the county’s Household Waste Recycling Sites, find out more here.
Many people have a good clear out of unwanted items over the August Bank Holiday weekend and the 14 Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS) in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove offer the perfect place to reuse and recycle all the bits and pieces that you no longer want or need.
Please click below for more information about the Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility Annual Maintenance Outage.
In the run up to National Recycle Week 2015 (22 – 26 June) Veolia has been busy giving school children and residents from all over East Sussex and Brighton & Hove an insight into the wonderful world of waste and how you can recycle more around the home.
The Household Waste Recycling Sites will be open as normal on the bank holiday except Crowborough, Eastbourne, Hove, Forest Row, Seaford and Wadhurst will be closed on Monday, Hailsham will be open 9am to 1pm and Brighton 9am to 5pm.
Pebsham Waste Transfer Station and the adjacent Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS) have been closed from early this morning.
This Easter Veolia is offering five 30 litre bags of Pro-Grow for £10 from any Veolia Household Waste Recycling Site.
Veolia in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council are encouraging residents to ‘go green’ and recycle your ‘eggstra’ Easter packaging.
Schools across the South Downs region have been taking part in a regional competition to find the best radio commercial to promote recycling efforts at home, work and the community and the winners who have fought off stiff competition have been announced as Barcombe Church of England Primary School.
Longer opening hours will be in place from 1 April 2015 at the county’s Household Waste Recycling Sites, managed by Veolia in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council.
Have you ever wondered what happens to your waste after it is collected for disposal? Or have you ever wondered how we can use rubbish to generate electricity or what your green and food waste is turned into?
Heathfield Household Waste Recycling Site will be closed from 10am on Monday 9 March, to carry out urgent maintenance work.
Veolia will be showing children how they can help turn waste back into a useful resource and some of the science behind the magic of recycling.
Students can find out more at taster events in January and February
Veolia South Downs is encouraging residents to pledge their New Year’s resolution to reducing, reusing and recycling waste that you produce.
With the festive season now upon us and as people in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove prepare for Christmas, Veolia is reminding people about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling at this busy time of year when vast amounts of waste are produced.
Residents are advised that opening times for Household Waste Recycling Centres in the area are changing over the Christmas period.
With the festive season now upon us and as people in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove prepare for Christmas, Veolia is reminding people about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling at this busy time of year when vast amounts of waste are produced.
Electrical items are one of the most popular gifts received at Christmas and the 14 Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS) in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove offer the perfect place to reuse and recycle unwanted items.
Veolia South Downs has launched an online waste themed advent calendar. The calendar is perfect for helping residents stay green this Christmas and watch their ‘waste’-lines.
Bonfire night parties and festivities can generate a huge amount of waste, so don’t forget to remember to follow the 3Rs - reduce, reuse and always make sure you recycle as much as possible afterwards. If you’re throwing a party, think about using reusable plates, cups, utensils, napkins and tablecloths.
Veolia is seeking to source non-recyclable commercial and industrial waste for its Newhaven Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) from areas neighbouring East Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
Veolia is helping to turn the circular economy into a reality by transforming trashcan to catwalk to create a stunning new dress from five huge sacks of around 50 recycled aluminum cans, 30 plastic bottles, 10 newspapers, 10 cardboard boxes and 50 tins.
Winter opening hours will soon be in place at the county’s Household Waste Recycling Sites, which are managed by Veolia in partnership with East Sussex County and Brighton & Hove City Council. The winter opening hours are in place to allow residents to make more use of the sites during daylight hours and to enable people who work from 9 to 5 to do their recycling before work.
Changes are being made to the days of the week that the Veolia operated Seaford, Forest Row and Wadhurst Household Waste Recycling Sites are open. From 6th October these sites will be open from Friday to Sunday. No changes to opening days are being made to other Household Waste Recycling Sites.
Up to a spot of gardening over the Bank Holiday, then why not try Veolia’s Pro-Grow Soil Conditioner? Find out how to get your hands on some here.
From Friday 22nd August bonded asbestos will no longer be accepted at Seaford Household Waste Recycling Site but will be accepted at Newhaven Household Waste Recycling Site on New Road in Newhaven.
If your thoughts turn to a spot of gardening during the Bank Holiday weekend why not try Veolia’s Pro-Grow Soil Conditioner? It is the perfect top soil improver for perennial and annual planting beds, and can be used to establish lawns where native soils are unsuitable and as backfill to encourage plant establishment and improve survival rates. Pro-Grow is now available at all of the 14 Household Waste Recycling Sites.
Veolia Environmental Services in partnership with East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council are encouraging residents to ‘go green’ and recycle your ‘eggstra’ Easter packaging.
Building plans for the new University Technical College (UTC) in Newhaven are to go on show at a Public Exhibition in the town on Wednesday 9th April. The plans are for the college to be based at the Grade II listed Marine Workshops at Railway Quay, just two minutes from Newhaven Town railway station.
Sponsored by the University of Brighton, Lewes District Council, educational charity the Aldridge Foundation and Veolia Environmental Services Plc., the UTC will focus on the skills in demand by the growing marine engineering and environmental technology sectors in the region.
Sponsored by the University of Brighton, Lewes District Council, educational charity the Aldridge Foundation and Veolia Environmental Services Plc., the UTC will focus on the skills in demand by the growing marine engineering and environmental technology sectors in the region.
Veolia Environmental Services will be showing kids how they can help turn waste back into a useful resource and some of the science behind the magic of recycling. There will be working models and games for children (and adults!) to get involved, and prizes for the best recyclers!
Veolia Environmental Services in South Downs are encouraging residents in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove to love the 3Rs this Valentines – reduce, reuse, recycle by making sure that you recycle any waste produced from romantic celebrations.
The new Household Waste Recycling Site in Hastings has seen a massive increase in the amount that residents are recycling since it opened its doors just over a year ago.
Eager eyed waste operatives who work for Veolia Environmental Services South Downs at the Hollingdean Materials Recovery facility saved a local man from having a rubbish start to the New Year, after he accidentally threw his phone away in his recycling container in Brighton.
With the festive season now upon us and as people in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove prepare for Christmas, Veolia Environmental Services is reminding people about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling at this busy time of year when vast amounts of waste are produced.