A highlight for many over Easter is unwrapping and enjoying chocolate eggs and bunnies! Once they’ve been eaten, instead of chucking the packaging into the bin, you can recycle it instead.

This simple act means that instead of the foil from your chocolate going to landfill, it can be transformed into aluminium for a new can of soft drink, among other things. But small bits of foil can get lost during the recycling process, which is why it’s best to roll your foil wrappers together into a ball shape before putting them in the recycle bin.

Any cardboard boxes, such as Easter egg packaging, can also be put in your recycle bin. As for the bags your hot cross buns came in, paper can be recycled, but soft plastic packaging unfortunately can’t be put in the recycle bin and will instead go into landfill.

Brighton Council offers fortnightly kerbside garbage, recycling and FOGO bin collections. Please ensure your bins are at the kerbside ready for collection by 6am on your day of service.