People living in Robert Lodge, in Whitehawk Road, and on the Bristol Estate have complained about the lack of regular collections.
Tenant representatives are expected to raise the issue with a member of the council’s environmental services team at a housing management panel meeting next Wednesday (September 10).
Papers published before the meeting said that Robert Lodge had not had a recycling collection since Monday, June 9, even though people living there had reported missed collections several times.
The Bristol Estate Leaseholders and Tenants Association (BELTA) has also regularly reported missed rubbish and recycling collections.
BELTA has complained that the communal bins are not emptied often enough and are not big enough for the estate’s needs – and broken bins are not repaired or replaced.
The report to the housing management panel said: “Residents have not received any notification as to when this scheme will start and food waste collection bins have not been received.
“Residents expressed concern about how food waste collections will work, given that the refuse and recycling collection service is so poor.
“Uncollected, rotting food waste could present a serious health hazard for residents, particularly during warmer months.
“Residents are frustrated that, in spite of repeatedly reporting problems around refuse and recycling, no action is taken and there is no observable improvement to the service.”
The Local Democracy Reporting Service sent a freedom of information request to Brighton and Hove City Council about missed refuse and recycling collections from January to mid July 2025.
The council said in response that there were five weeks when more than 1,000 rubbish collections were missed across Brighton and Hove.
In the week beginning Sunday, June 8, there were 768 missed rubbish and 611 missed recycling collections.
In the next week this figure had dropped to 525 rubbish and 582 recycling collections although the number increased the week after.
In the week beginning Sunday, March 9, there were 1,446 missed rubbish collections – the highest number.
And in the week beginning Sunday, January 12, there were 1,222 missed recycling collections – the highest number in this category.
The lowest number of missed collections was recorded in the week beginning Sunday, July 13, when the figures were 139 for rubbish and 117 for recycling.
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