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![re3 - Flex Collect bales](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/48685907d0ed499a9c0da64a514e8b1a.jpeg?width=442&height=663)
Plastic Bags and Wrapping Recycling Trial Expanded to Reach 10,000 Households in Reading
- Reading households trialling plastic bags and wrapping kerbside collections more than doubles to 10,000
- Trial is helping reduce Reading's carbon footprint
- For those not in the trial, soft plastics can be recycled at many supermarkets
![Recycle week 2023](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/0526af0a230542f19e756f7a23e49fc6.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Christchurch Bridge goes green for Recycle Week
- Council urges residents to make use of free food waste recycling service to reduce landfill
- Residents asked to ensure batteries, small electricals and vapes are recycled properly and not thrown away
- National theme for recycle week is the Big Recycling Hunt highlighting key items often not recycled that should be
![re3 Smallmead Recycling Centre in Island Road, Reading, where a fire broke out last week](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/dd788e95ea49438384eaba2f40db5e4b.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Fire at re3 Recycling Centre in Reading Highlights Dangers of Throwing Away Batteries
- Fire last week has led to reminders for residents to recycle batteries and battery-operated products separately
- Items such as phones, electric toothbrushes, toys and vapes can be dangerous if put in general waste or recycling
- re3 has suffered 10 fires this year, with batteries being the main cause
![One of Reading's food waste collection vehicles which residents now have the chance to name](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/cf2cd13918384bfd8595cd92d3523f90.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Your chance to name one of Reading’s food waste collection trucks
- Enter your food waste truck name suggestion online for a chance to see it printed on a vehicle collecting in Reading
- Reading's food waste trucks are collecting over 2kg of food waste weekly on average from participating households
- Food waste recycling reduces waste going to landfill, saves money, and is turned into fertiliser and electricity
![Cllr Karen Rowland, Reading's Lead Member for Environmental Services and Community Safety, out collecting bulky items with Reading's waste team](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/d16cf6454bfc47f98e63a2a21b04531e.jpg?width=442&height=663)
New free bulky waste collection service begins
- Reading households can now book a free bulky waste collection every six months
- New free service will assist residents to dispose of large items and reduce number of trips needed to the re3 centre
- £250,000 annual investment will also help to discourage fly tipping
![Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward, Lead Councillor for Neighbourhoods & Communities, with Reading's new electric refuse collection vehicle](https://cdn.prgloo.com/media/866b2281b751471a95670528e3f5e0d9.jpg?width=442&height=663)
Berkshire’s First All-Electric Waste Collection Vehicle Unveiled in Reading
- First fully electric waste collection vehicle in Berkshire comes as a direct response to Reading's climate emergency
- Vehicle will make collections from 1,400 houses daily and drive 8,000 miles a year with no tailpipe emissions
- It is powered by clean electricity generated by food waste collections introduced by Reading Borough Council in 2020