How we manage our waste
We must change how we manage our waste as there are UK and European laws that limit the amount of rubbish that can be put in landfill sites.
- How we decide what to do with our waste
- Find out how our Waste Local Plan, UK and European law and regulation by the Environment Agency affect the decisions we make about waste disposal.
- What happens to our waste
- We have been set challenging targets to increase recycling and recovery, and to reduce the amount of rubbish that goes untreated to landfill. Find out how we plan to meet these targets and about the facilities we use for waste disposal.
- Landfill
- What are landfill sites, why do we need them and how do they work? Find out what happens when they close and the locations of former landfill sites in East Sussex.
- Partnership projects
- Partnership projects aiming to identify some of the issues and problems of waste produced in East Sussex and Smédar in France, and provide solutions that lessen impact on the environment.
- Waste management strategy
- Our joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy for 2006–2020, produced in partnership with the East Sussex district and borough councils.
- Useful facts and figures
- A third of food grown for human consumption and 8.5 million new toys are thrown away in the UK each year. Get the facts and figures about rubbish and recycling in East Sussex.
