Household waste
Find out what to do with your household waste
Food waste
Reduce your waste
There are many easy ways to reduce your food waste, as simple as cooking with leftovers, making better use of your freezer, and understanding your best before dates.
Why not check out Hampshire Kitchen Heroes?
Don't forget about composting!
You can find plenty of advice on our Smart Living pages and via Love Food Hate Waste.
Recycle your waste
Cannot be recycled at a Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC)
Cannot be recycled in your home recycling
If you live within Eastleigh Borough Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, or some areas of Portsmouth City Council, you can recycle food waste in your kerbside collection. Please contact your local authority directly for more information.
Dispose of your waste
If you do not live in these areas and do not have access to a compost bin, you should place unavoidable food waste in your household waste bin.
What happens to your waste?
The contents of your household waste bin will be sent to one of three Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) in Hampshire, where it will be safely incinerated. Each year, the three ERFs generate enough electricity to power 53,000 Hampshire homes!
Mixed recycling collected from Hampshire households is sorted at one of two Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in Hampshire. The MRFs sort your recycling into different material streams to be recycled into new items.
Less than 5% of Hampshire's household waste is sent to landfill.
Find out more about what happens to your waste
It is your duty of care to dispose of your waste correctly. You could be fined an unlimited amount by your local council if your waste ends up fly tipped. Find out more