Every time we waste food, we waste the water used to grow and process it. This #WorldWaterDay discover tips on reducing your food waste with the Ultimate Guide to Using Food from Brighton & Hove Food Partnership. Download the guide: https://ow.ly/fG8l50YwW3z

You might spot our Parks team out mowing verges to keep the pavements tidy and clear. Some areas are part of the Wilder Verges scheme where verges are left to flower in the year for pollinators and invertebrates, which helps wildflowers and wildlife to thrive as the growing season gets underway 🐝🌼

We're thrilled to be recognised for leadership on circular economy in new UK government guidance. Our Circular Economy Routemap prioritises waste prevention, reuse, repair, remanufacture, skills development and circular business growth. More information: https://ow.ly/30By50YwRmF

The low carbon heating and hot water system at Peter Gladwin Primary School is now fully up and running – delivered by a successful local partnership. 💚 Find out more: https://ow.ly/yfWU50YvfVa

Our north Brighton parks team have been busy cutting back the hypericum around the Chattri 🌱 This sets it up to thrive and flower over the summer and in time for the annual Chattri Memorial Service in June 🌼

We're pleased to reveal the final proposals for a new leisure centre to replace the King Alfred 📷 Plans include a larger fitness suite, leisure water, café, family zone, improved accessibility and an underground car park. Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/83EB50YraA1

Pupils at St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School and City Academy Whitehawk have been dressing up for World Book Day today using a costume library provided by local organisation Gladrags. Climate for Communities helped deliver costumes rails to the schools by bike.

As the biggest and final rollout of food waste collections starts from next week, discover how to make the most of the new service in a free webinar. Pick up tips on reducing food waste from residents involved with the Food Use Project. Sign up for the webinar: https://ow.ly/yIXJ50YoHSJ

The take up for food waste recycling in the city so far has been amazing ♻️ We’re now gearing up to start free food waste collections in central and communal bin areas of the city from 9 March. Read more: https://ow.ly/cOcS50YmPsb

You may notice activity around the King Alfred site. Planting to replace habitats that will be lost is starting now so vegetation is cleared before nesting season 🌱🐦‍⬛ Read more: https://ow.ly/Vqbm50YgK50

Learn how to create nutrient-rich compost and find out about our city's food waste at the Love Your Living Soil event today . https://ow.ly/XZaM50YcF9l

More children will be able to discover the pleasure of growing and eating their own food thanks to a pilot project to grow food in school grounds. Find out more: https://ow.ly/JAGq50Y4WQ6

Today’s Cabinet meeting has just started. 📹 You’re welcome to watch online: youtube.com/live/8s3qSbA... ℹ️ Read the agenda and reports for the meeting: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/g1...

It's #CleanAirNight The perfect time to launch a 6 week consultation to gather feedback from on replacing the city’s current 5 Smoke Control Areas with one that would cover the whole of Brighton & Hove. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2026/ta...

St Michael's Field, an area of land near Patcham, could soon be turned into a nature reserve under a proposal to register it as a habitat bank. https://ow.ly/AImy50XXTmE

People living and working in Brighton & Hove are being asked for their views on our plans to improve the safety and accessibility of our roads. We’re launching consultations on 4 new schemes planned for construction later this year. https://ow.ly/MLp950XVhNl Open until Sunday 22 February.

We’re proud to be on the 2025 CDP Cities A List for 2025. A big thank you to everyone involved with helping to deliver environmental improvements across council services, from housing, transport and waste reduction, to nature recovery. https://ow.ly/fYfV50XU09V

If you're visiting the seafront today, please take care of the shingle on the promenade and damage caused by this week's storms. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. We'll be working to clear it up as soon as possible.

We’re delivering food waste bins in stages to central and communal on-street areas ready for weekly food waste collections which start in March. Please do not start using them. The tape sealing the bins will be removed just before collections start. More information: https://ow.ly/om7L50XRUxs

When the temperature drops, our gritters are ready 🥶 Gritting teams and three hybrid gritters are on standby 24 hours a day from 1 November until the end of March. Find out more about how we maintain roads and pavements in winter 👉 https://ow.ly/8gpo50XRbxK

Recycle any colour glass bottles and jars separately in your kerbside black box or in the bins with burgundy lids at recycling points. Give them a rinse and pop metal lids back on. More about recycling: ow.ly/Kxao50XMY1i

Happy New Year to everyone in the city! We wish you all a fantastic 2026 ✨

Most council services are closed on bank holidays. Some services are available for emergencies, such as housing repairs and social care. Visit our website for more information about changes to council services over the Christmas break: https://ow.ly/3b4550XJMBS

Christmas and the festive season is a time to come together to celebrate hope and kindness while caring for one another. We wish everyone in our vibrant Brighton & Hove community a joyful, peaceful and happy Christmas! 🎄

Recycle small electricals in the pink bins at recycling points across the city. Take out batteries first. They can cause serious fires in trucks and at waste facilities. Recycle batteries separately at retailers. Find your nearest electricals recycling point: ow.ly/cQBJ50XIA3w

A pilot project to install rainwater harvesting stations at Falmer, Tenantry Down and Lower Roedale allotments has just been completed. ow.ly/Xp8K50XMxcr

Today’s Cabinet meeting has just started. 📹 You’re welcome to watch online: youtube.com/live/T8f-lTF... ℹ️ Read the agenda and reports for the meeting: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/g1...

In just over 2 months, residents in the east and north of Brighton & Hove have helped divert 21 fully-laden refuse trucks of food waste for recycling. This week food waste collections start in the west of the city. More information: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/fo...

Brighton & Hove is packed with unique, independent small businesses – and we want it to stay that way. Shop local this Small Business Saturday! 📷 Cllr Asaduzzaman, our small business ambassador, joined Small Business Saturday and Brilliant Brighton to visit some of our local shops and restaurants.

A 10-year transport plan for getting around a cleaner, fairer and growing city will be discussed by councillors next week. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/ca...

You can now track the progress of your refuse and recycling collections online - and in real time! Find out when it's due and when it's completed. Missed collections will be reallocated - reducing the need to report. Read more: https://ow.ly/LIAL50XBfev

Santa will be swapping his sleigh for a ride on the world’s oldest operating electric railway on Saturday 13 December 🎅 Book your tickets to join him for a festive journey along Brighton beach 👉 https://ow.ly/JjkC50XvY2U

Discover how rooftop solar power, battery storage, an air source heat pump, underfloor heating and LED lighting were installed in Fabrica art gallery's 19th century building. Watch a film about the project, which was led community energy company BHESCo, on our website. ow.ly/7lAR50XuwxT

Nearly 1 in 6 species are threatened with extinction in Britain. 43% of birds are at risk of being lost. Our Local Nature Recovery Strategy is an opportunity to turn the tide. Consultation is open now and runs until 26 November. Make sure your voice is heard: ow.ly/faK150Xu4kh

Put a number on your food waste caddy so it doesn’t get lost You can get creative or keep it simple However you do it, love your caddy 💚 Find out more about food waste collections in your area: ow.ly/KI4p50XsUiF

Today’s Cabinet meeting has just started. 📹 You’re welcome to watch online: youtube.com/live/-r-cKoQ... ℹ️ Read the agenda and reports for the meeting: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/g1...

The Wild Park rainscape is being guided by research from @brightonuni.bsky.social Combining engineered solutions with natural processes, it captures and cleans polluted water from road runoff, helping to protect drinking water and reduce flooding. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/ra...

We're inviting proposals for events, exhibitions, installations and other activities that could bring the vacant Black Rock development site to life and draw residents and visitors to the area. Find out more: https://ow.ly/5BMz50Xnctb

Cabinet members will discuss plans for an active travel scheme on Hove seafront next week. 🚲 Two-way cycle lane 🚏 New pavements and bus stops 🛣️ Safer, better aligned crossings and junctions ♿ Loading and disabled parking bays ow.ly/Ic0J50Xn4Ga

Share your ideas, concerns and ambitions for nature in Sussex and help shape the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. Join the online webinar on Monday 3 November at 6pm for residents, groups and organisations. Discover more: ow.ly/PI3J50XkXek

Thank you to all the volunteers and @thelivingcoast.bsky.social for planting wildflowers in Wish Park and Vale Park this month. More than 1,000 flowers have been planted, part of a network of bee and butterfly banks across the city. 🦋 Find out more: ow.ly/WzBv50XkcRZ

Weekly food waste collections are starting in • Bevendean • Coldean • Hollingbury • Hollingdean • Moulsecoomb • Patcham • Preston Park • Westdene • Withdean Residents in these areas can now put all cooked and uncooked food waste in their caddies, rather than their waste bin. ow.ly/n69r50XiXcF

Congratulations to @sealanesbtn.bsky.social for their work with @leavenotracebtn.bsky.social to reduce the environmental impact of plastic litter on our beaches. Find out more: ow.ly/S3cG50XhxLl

The Schools Adjudicator has reached a decision on a number of objections to our admission arrangements. The majority were not upheld. The only objections to be upheld relate to the Published Admission Numbers for Blatchington Mill and Dorothy Stringer. Learn more: https://ow.ly/LUc750XfxA0

Today’s Cabinet meeting has just started. 📹 You’re welcome to watch online: youtube.com/live/jQJxyW3... ℹ️ Read the agenda and reports for the meeting: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/g1...

Share your ideas, concerns and ambitions for nature in Sussex and help shape the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The consultation is open until 26 November. Learn more and take part: https://ow.ly/rcoA50Xch1C

Residents are recycling everything from cables and kettles to hairdryers and headphones. We've collected more than 40 tonnes of electrical waste since the recycling bins were introduced. Get plugged into recycling: ow.ly/LBNz50XaTAI

This week we’re opening a survey so you can share your thoughts about a new leisure centre to replace the King Alfred. Drop in to find out more from the project team at the King Alfred Ballroom: 🔹Thu 9 Oct, 3 to 8pm 🔹Fri 10 Oct, 1 to 7pm 🔹Sat 11 Oct, 8.30am to 12.30pm

Council Leader Bella Sankey has issued a statement following the attack at a Manchester synagogue. Read the full statement on our website: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/st...

Peter Gladwin Primary is set to be the first of our schools to be fully heated by low-carbon, energy-efficient alternatives. The project team is on course for the school to switch on the new system after the autumn half term. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/fi...