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Recycle Week: Reading joins the 2025 ‘Rescue Me! Recycle’ campaign
- Residents reminded of key items still being thrown away that should be recycled in kerbside collections
- Those items include shampoo bottles, toilet roll tubes, yoghurt pots and aerosol cans
- Glass perfume and aftershave bottles should be recycled at bottle banks
Major Crackdown Begins on Littering and Fly-tipping in Reading
- Five new environmental enforcement officers will patrol Reading's streets to counter littering and fly-tipping
- New partnership a response to resident feedback that litter is one of their top issues
Check Your New Bin Collection Changes Online
- Residents' new waste and recycling collection days from 9 June have now been confirmed
- New dates can be checked online at www.reading.gov.uk/bin-calendar
- Residents should look out for their personalised bin calendar in the post next week
- Changes will create a more efficient and reliable service
Important Bin Day Changes Coming Soon For All Residents
- All residents will see changes to bin collection days in Reading from Monday 9 June
- Changes will create a more efficient and resilient service with increased capacity
- There is no change to frequency of service which will remain as it is now
Springboard to a Cleaner Reading with The Great British Spring Clean
- The Great British Spring Clean runs from Friday 21 March to Sunday 6 April
- People can sign up for free litter picking equipment by joining the Council's RAYS scheme
Celebrate Food Waste Action Week by Reducing and Recycling Your Food Waste
- Food Waste Action Week encourages people to buy loose fruit and veg to cut back on waste
- Residents of Reading are currently recycling 555 tonnes of food waste each month
- Council asking residents if they can recycle even more of their food waste
Council to Crackdown on Littering and Fly-tipping
- Council to partner with external organisation to enforce environmental offences
- Proposal aims to clamp down on littering and fly-tipping in Reading
- Maximum fixed penalty notices to increase for offences
Council joins national campaign to save recycling from the bin
- 68% of Reading's grey bin waste could - and should - be recycled
- Council is supporting Recycle Week 2024 which begins today
- Residents urged to reuse items where they can, and if not then dispose of them correctly
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
Help Keep Reading Tidy In The Great British Spring Clean
- The Great British Spring Clean runs from Friday 15 – Sunday 31 March
- People can sign up for free litter picking equipment by joining the Council's RAYS scheme
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