About household collections
Details of household collections in West Sussex including how often your bins will be collected and any additional collections in your area.
Your local district or borough council is responsible for collecting your household bins.
In West Sussex, all of the districts and boroughs collect the same core recyclable materials from your home. Find out more about what can go into your recycling bin.
All of the districts and boroughs also offer varying additional recycling collections for materials like small electricals, textiles and batteries.
Adur and Worthing Councils (AWC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Grey with blue lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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- Wheelie bin colour: Most households will have a bin with a dark grey or black lid embossed with one dot
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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Adur and Worthing Councils offer a paid for garden waste collection service.
For more information, visit their website. For more information, visit the Adur and Worthing Councils website.
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Small electricals
You can recycle old or broken electrical items, including vapes, by placing them next to your rubbish bin or recycling bin on your normal collection day.
Items must fit into a standard size carrier bag which you will need to provide.
Batteries
Batteries can be recycled by placing them in a plastic bag next to your rubbish or recycling bin on your normal collection day.
Textiles
Kerbside textile collections are not currently available, use local textile banks or Recycling Centres.
Mobile app
Adur and Worthing Council offers a free mobile app that allows you to access a variety of council services on your smartphone. For more information and to download the app, visit their website.
Arun District Council (ADC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Most households will have a green bin with blue lid. Residents in Arundel have a recycling sack.
- Frequency: Fortnightly.
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- Waste in black sacks
- Frequency: Weekly
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Arun District Council offer a paid for garden waste collection service. For more information, visit their website.
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Small electricals
You can recycle old or broken electrical items, including vapes, by placing them next to your rubbish bin or sacks on your normal rubbish collection day. Items must fit into a standard size carrier bag which you will need to provide.
Batteries
Battery collections are not currently available. Take batteries to your local Recycling Centre or make use of a local shops free battery bin.
Textiles
Kerbside textile collections are not currently available, use local textile banks or Recycling Centres.
Mobile app
Arun District Council offers a free mobile app that allows you to access a variety of council services on your smartphone. For more information and to download the app, visit their website.
Chichester District Council (CDC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Burgundy
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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- Wheelie bin colour: Black
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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Chichester District Council offer a paid for garden waste collection service. For more information, visit their website.
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Additional kerbside collections are offered to 75% of households in the district as part of CDCs textiles, small electrical and coffee pod recycling service. To check if you are eligible for additional collections, visit the Chichester District Council website.
Small electricals
You can recycle old or broken small electrical items, including vapes by booking a collection online.
Batteries
Battery collections are not currently available. Take batteries to your local Recycling Centre or make use of a local shop’s free battery bin.
Textiles
You can book a textile collection and leave textiles out for recycling on their designated day.
Coffee pods
You can recycle coffee pods through Podback by booking a collection online.
Mobile app
Chichester District Council offers a free mobile app that allows you to access a variety of council services on your smartphone. For more information and to download the app, visit their website.
Crawley Borough Council (CBC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Green with red lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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- Wheelie bin colour: Green with black lid
- Frequency: Weekly
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Crawley Borough Council offer a paid for garden waste collection service. For more information, visit their website.
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Small electricals
You can recycle old or broken electrical items, including vapes, by placing them next to your rubbish bin on your normal collection day. Items must fit into a standard size carrier bag which you will need to provide.
Batteries
You can recycle your old household batteries on your rubbish bin collection day by putting your batteries in a small clear plastic bag (such as a sandwich bag) or clean plastic pot or tub with a lid and place it on top of your household rubbish bin on collection day.
Textiles
The kerbside textile collection service is available to all individual households and blocks of flats. Textiles for recycling can be placed in a carrier bag and put out with your recycling bin.
Horsham District Council (HDC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Green with blue lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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- Wheelie bin colour: Green with green lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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Horsham District Council offer a paid for garden waste collection service. For more information, visit their website.
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Small electricals
You can recycle your old or broken small electricals, including vapes, by booking a collection online and leaving them out for recycling on their designated day.
Batteries
You can recycle your batteries at home placing your batteries in a small, clear plastic bag (such as a sandwich bag) and placing the bag on top of your green-top refuse bin or your blue-top recycling bin on collection day.
Textiles
Textile collections are offered kerbside to all residents. Collections must be booked online and residents are asked to leave textiles out in a carrier bag on their designated day.
Coffee pods
You can recycle your used coffee pods through Podback by booking a collection online and leaving them out for recycling on their designated day.
For more information and to book a household collection visit the Horsham District Council website.
Mobile app
Horsham District Council offers a free mobile app that allows you to access a variety of council services on your smartphone. For more information and to download the app, visit their website.
Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC) collections
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- Wheelie bin colour: Grey with blue lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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- Wheelie bin colour: Grey with black lid
- Frequency: Fortnightly
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Selected households receive this service in Mid Sussex. Collection frequencies for residents in selected areas are as follows:
- Green food waste bins: Weekly
- Recycling blue-lidded bins: Fortnightly
- General waste black-lidded bins: Every 3 weeks
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Mid Sussex District Council offer a paid for garden waste collection service. For more information, visit their website.
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Small electricals
You can recycle old or broken electrical items, including vapes, by placing them next to your rubbish bin on your normal collection day. Items must fit into a standard size carrier bag which you will need to provide.
Batteries
You can recycle batteries by placing them next to your rubbish bin on your normal collection day. Batteries must be kept separate to small electricals.
Textiles
Kerbside textile collections are not currently available, use local textile banks or Recycling Centres.
For more information, visit the Mid Sussex District Council website.