NEW BIN BAGS are being delivered across the borough from today.
Green food caddy liners and blue general waste bags will be delivered over a six-week period, with all residents receiving them by mid-March.
Each household will be given 80 blue bags in two rolls of 40, to last between April and next March.
Any residents who need more blue bags before they are due to be delivered, can order them from the council website for collection.
Households will be given 75 food waste bags. Anyone not using the food waste service that would like to can collect indoor and outdoor caddies from hubs listed on the council’s website.
Last year, residents threw away 36,000 tonnes of rubbish — half of which is estimated could have been recycled.
Cllr Parry Batth, executive member for environment and leisure urged residents to cut down on the amount of waste going into their blue bags.
Instead, he called on people to use the food waste and green recycling bag services.
“Around 24% of waste going into the blue bags still comes from food waste and a further 25% from other recyclable materials so we all need to do our bit when disposing of household waste,” he said.
Residents can order more green recycling bags on the council’s website, or collect some from the council’s distribution hubs.
For more information, visit: www.wokingham.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling
