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Yes Fire Extinguishers can be recycled.

RECYCLE
Where?

• Please take them to the Hove Household Waste & Recycling site on the Old Shoreham Road. See here for exact locations and opening times.For more details contact City Clean on 01273 292929.
• N.B. Fire extinguishers are not accepted at the Brighton recycling site.

No Fireworks cannot be recycled.

• Used fireworks are safe to dispose of in with your normal refuse but we would advise you to soak them in water overnight to ensure there is no chance of them re-igniting.
  
  
• Unused fireworks cannot be taken to recycling centres, and should be returned to where you brought them from.

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Yes food can be reused and recycled.

REUSE

The 1st question; are you a resident or a business?

Household

• The best way to avoid food waste is by menu planning.
• If you do have left over food get good at using leftovers to create new meals.

Business

• Check out the Real Junk Food Project. They are a global, organic network of pay as you feel cafes. They divert food destined for waste and use it to create delicious and healthy meals.
  
  
• Check out Foodcycle. They run volunteer-powered community projects across the UK – all working to reduce food poverty and social isolation by serving tasty, nutritious meals to vulnerable people.

RECYCLE
Where?

• Food waste is not currently collected in Brighton & Hove however you can recycle your own food through composting. 
• Check out these tips about composting from Brighton & Hove Food Partnership. If you don't have a garden then check out Community Composting in Brighton and Hove.
• Cooked food can also be composted but you will need a special composting bin called a Green Johanna. 

DID YOU KNOW?

• Food waste causes eight per cent of greenhouse gases worldwide.
• A study has revealed that the average UK household throws away £355.68 worth of food every year, equating to a startling £9.7billion across the country annually.
• The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) estimates that in the UK we waste seven million tonnes of food every year five million of which is perfectly edible.

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Yes Foreign Currency can be reused and recycled.

REUSE
Coins or notes left over from a foreign holiday can be put to good use even if you only have a few coins.

• The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. More details here.
• We support 2 charities through this recycling scheme;
  • Survival International, an organisation supporting tribal people throughout the world to defend their land.
  • Right Hearts Against Poverty, an organisation supporting girl's education in Kenya.

RECYCLED
Where?

• The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. More details here.

How?

• We can accept all foreign currency, coins and notes, including currency no longer in circulation.
• We can also accept old British currency, coins and notes.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Only 8% of the world’s currency is physical money, the rest only exists on computers. 
• There is currently £540 million worth of foreign currency spread around the world.
• The Guinness World Record for the individual featured on the most currencies is held by Queen Elizabeth II, who is pictured on the money of at least 35 countries (all part of the British Commonwealth).

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