From 31 December 2023, new regulations will allow residents of Bracknell Forest, Reading and Wokingham Boroughs to dispose of small amounts of DIY waste for free at re3 Recycling Centres.

Free allowance

Up to 100 litres of rubble, soil, plasterboard or asbestos OR one bulky sanitary ware item no larger than 2000mm x 750mm x700mm in size (the approximate size of a bathtub).

A free allowance will only apply where the household has deposited ‘DIY waste’ on fewer than 4 occasions in any 4-week period. DIY waste brought in during any additional visits within this period will be chargeable.

Any excess DIY waste brought in during a single visit will be chargeable.

Re3

Head to the Re3 website for more information.

Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is updating its Local Transport Plan, an official document guiding how WBC improves footways, cycle lanes, roads, bus services and other ways of getting around for years to come.

Positive change

This will offer more chances to leave the car at home, especially for shorter journeys, helping us all to reduce air pollution and tackle climate emergency while helping us to live more healthily.

The Local Transport Plan aims to improve access to public spaces like parks and leisure centres, as this is good for people’s physical and mental wellbeing, and also to workplaces and local services.

Specific goals include reducing serious or fatal road traffic collisions, less traffic congestion, more active journeys in built-up areas, and better travel options in more rural areas.

As well as tackling your priorities, the Local Transport Plan will ensure WBC is complying with national policies and help it get funding from the Government towards improvements.

Have your say

Please fill in the survey to have your say about transport across the borough.

You can find out more about the Plan and take the survey HERE. 

The survey closes on Friday 23rd February 2024.

We are looking for a part time evening caretaker for one of our well used community halls. The role involves opening, closing, cleaning and looking after the hall. Hours will be in the evening and as required by bookings in the hall. 

Apply

Please apply using the application form on our vacancies page, which can be accessed HERE.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Bin collection schedule changes during festive period

To give the waste collection crews a well-deserved break, the regular waste collection dates will be adjusted temporarily over the Christmas and New Year period.

All rubbish and recycling collections, including garden waste, from 25 December 2023 to 12 January 2024 will change to a revised schedule:

• There will be no collections on Christmas Day (25 December), Boxing Day (26 December) and New Year’s Day (1 January).
• Crews will work on Saturdays during this period (30 December, 6 January and 13 January).
• Garden waste collections will follow the same schedule.
• Normal collections will resume from Monday 15 January.

You can check the revised collection schedule on Wokingham Borough Council’s website to find when your waste will be collected. 

Wokingham Borough Council is updating its Statement of Licensing Policy to reflect changes in legislation and best practice since it was last reviewed.

Have your say on the proposed changes

The Council would like to hear from you whether you agree with some of the changes it has made.

Wokingham Borough Council as the licensing authority must have a Statement of Licensing Policy. All businesses and organisations that undertake licensable activities on a permanent basis must have a premises licence from their local authority. These include:

• Selling alcohol, such as in supermarkets, pubs and bars, cinemas and village and community halls.
• Hot food and drink served between 11pm and 5am
• Regulated entertainment, such as live music, boxing, indoor sporting events and performing a play

The licensing policy will be used as a guide when making decisions about licensing matters, such as reviewing applications for a new premises licence or a variation to an existing licence. 

Click HERE to find out more and take the Survey

Waste collections are changing – get ready for a greener future

Residents are urged to recycle as much as possible as Wokingham Borough Council prepares to change how it collects household waste in summer 2024

Residents are urged to play their part in driving up Wokingham Borough’s recycling rates as the council prepares to change how it collects most people’s domestic waste in August 2024.

These changes offer an opportunity for the borough to become one of the best in the country for recycling while meeting, and hopefully exceeding, the Government’s future targets.

From next summer, most households will be putting their rubbish out in a 180-litre black wheeled bin which will be emptied fortnightly, replacing the current weekly blue bag collections.

The wheeled bins will be rolled out to these properties from May onwards, and enough additional blue bags will be issued to cover the period until collections start.

Recycling will still be collected from green sacks, which are free and with no limits on how many are put out, but this is also changing to fortnightly collections on weeks when rubbish isn’t taken.

The weekly food waste collections and optional fortnightly garden waste collections are unaffected and will continue at the same frequency, and from the same containers.

Stay up to date with the changes

More information about collection dates, including any changes to existing collection days, will be available well in advance and will be widely publicised.

To help residents prepare for the changes, the council has created a detailed online guide. This will be regularly updated as the changes get nearer and more information becomes available.

Not all properties are suitable for wheeled bins, so alternative arrangements will be made in some cases, like flats or properties that don’t have any space to store them. The council is also reviewing the needs of larger households and those that produce medical waste.

Find out more:

https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/news/2023/waste-collections-are-changing-get-ready-greener-future