FOI request (FOIR-794167016)

Recyclable materials

Requested Tue 03 February 2026
Responded Wed 18 February 2026

I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. Do you currently operate a segregated or commingled kerbside collection service for dry recyclable materials?

2. Do you have a policy or directive that specifies that all your kerbside-collected dry recycling materials should be recycled in the UK?

3. Please specify if there are different policies for different materials.

4. For aluminium specifically:

a. Who sorts and recycles your aluminium for you?

b. If outsourced, please specify the company or organisation?

c. Is your aluminium recycled in the UK?

d. How much annual income do you derive from the sale of recycled aluminium?

e. Does this income subsidise, or make a substantial contribution to, the cost of your whole recycling programme?

f. What would be the impact to your overall recycling programme if you lost your entire aluminium recycling income?

g. Would you have to increase your Council Tax to compensate for such a loss?

5. Are you a member of any local authority waste management partnership?

6. If so, which one?

7. Does it operate its own Materials Recovery Facility?

8. Does it have a policy or directive to ensure that aluminium is recycled in the UK?

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Response

Hastings Borough Council has a commingled kerbside collection service for dry recyclable materials.

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of the remainder of this request as it is a Waste Collection Authority. All aspects of disposal are handled by East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk