Recycling Services

Council tightens up on bin contamination after recycling goes to landfill

The council is warning residents it will not be able to collect their REDtop bins if they put non-recyclables in their fortnightly collections. This is because recycling bins that contain materials that can't be recycled will be rejected from the recycling sorting station and sent to landfill instead. Find out more about contamination and what can and cannot be placed in your REDtop bin or REDBox.

We provide a fortnightly recycling service to its residents plus a number of recycling points throughout the town.

REDbox/REDtop wheeled bin service

In 2002 we gave you a REDbox to recycle paper and cardboard. Since then however you told us that you would like to recycle more materials from your home, so in 2005 we introduced REDtop wheeled bins*. The REDtop recycling scheme provides residents with a wheeled bin(s) that is stored outside of your house and allows you to recycle a larger amount of recycled material. Bins have a dark green base and red coloured lid and are emptied on a fortnightly basis.

To find out what you can put in your recycling bin, please visit What Can I Recycle? page
To find out when your next REDbox/REDtop bin collection is, please visit the Collecting Your Rubbish, Recycling and Garden Waste page.
If you have any questions about your recycling service, such as: What can I put in my recycle box/bin? Please visit the REDbox/REDtop bin Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page.

Broadfield Courts

If you live in the Broadfield Courts, please visit the letter residents were sent which explains the recycling service for this area.

Letter to Broadfield Courts residents

*In some areas however, we are unable to distribute REDtop bins because of operational or location factors and some homes within the borough still operate the REDbox scheme. You can place the same recyclables as the REDtop service into the boxes and you can have as many REDboxes as you wish.

Recycling points

As well as picking up recycled materials from your home, there are also 20 Neighbourhood Recycling Points located at supermarkets, shopping parades and in some residential areas.

Find your nearest recycling point

Other items you can recycle

You can recycle other household items such as computers, batteries and mobile phones. Please visit the What else can I recycle? page to find out what you can recycle and where to take it to be recycled.

West Sussex is supporting the national campaign on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) whereby you can recycle your old electronic goods at your local household waste recycling site. To find out more please visit the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) page on West Sussex County Council’s website or visit www.dontbinitbringit.org .

Recycling your Garden Waste

As well as recycling household waste, you can also recycle your garden waste. For a small charge, the council will collect your garden waste on a fortnightly basis. Please visit our GREENbin Service page for more information.

Crawley Household Waste Recycling Site (HWRS)

You can take more unusual items to be recycled such as florescent tubes, batteries and used cooking and engine oil to the household waste recycling site .