Majority of town's bin collection dates to change

The changes were being made to "futureproof the service", Reading Borough Council said

Almost 80% of residents in Reading are due to see a change to when their bins are collected.

The changes were being made to "futureproof the service to accommodate a growing population", Reading Borough Council said.

About 66,000 households have their bins collected in the borough, with around seven million individual bin collections made by the council each year.

The council said there would be no reduction in service, with waste and recycling still collected every other week and food waste being collected weekly.

Karen Rowland, lead councillor for environmental services and community safety, said: "Not every resident, but the majority of residents will see some change to one of their collection types, be it the grey bin, red bin or the food bin."

There may also be a change to collection day for those who subscribe to the garden waste collection.

"In terms of having all of one waste type collected across the Borough on a given day, that makes it easier," Ms Rowland said.

"If we're running late on a certain collection on another neighbourhood we'll have a red bin collection vehicle right next door that can come over and help out with the service."

People living in the borough have been advised to use the council website to find up-to-date information about their bin collections.