 One week to get ready to recycle more
After months of planning and hard work, our waste collections are changing from next Monday (12 August) and we’re thankful for all your support.
You still can’t use your wheeled rubbish bin this week, so keep using your blue bags. From next week onwards, you can use any leftover blue bags as rubbish bin liners.
Please make sure you have a free food waste bin and enough green recycling bags if you need them. By recycling all you can, you should have no problem with space in your black bin.
The only things that go in the rubbish are:
- bagged pet and animal waste
- general dust and dirt
- black plastic food waste trays
- polystyrene
- disposable nappies
- sanitary waste
Plastic film, bags and wrapping can go in the rubbish, but some supermarkets will recycle it. For help recycling anything else, see Recycle Now's website. You could also sign up for our garden waste collections if this would help.
Final bin deliveries happening this week
We finished all our scheduled bin delivery rounds last Wednesday, but we know some addresses were missed and we’re delivering to them throughout this week.
If you’ve already reported a missed delivery, please bear with us and we’ll get to you as soon as we can. If all your neighbours have bins and you don’t, and you haven’t already reported this, please get in touch.
 SEND, safety and country park improvements
We have several consultations and surveys open for you to give feedback on projects and services which matter to you. These include:
If you want more regular updates on our surveys and consultations, sign up for our fortnightly consultations newsletter.
 Olympic sculptures for town centre unveiled
Sculptures celebrating the Paris Olympics have been unveiled in Wokingham town centre.
More than 1,300 hours of work have gone into making the sculptures, which represent the Olympic Phryges, the official mascots of the 2024 games.
People who attend day services provided by our social care provider Optalis have been working to hand craft the sculptures, using panels of wire mesh woven fabric, wool and crochet squares.
Borough Mayor Cllr Adrian Mather and Town Mayor Cllr Rob Comber jointly unveiled the sculptures outside Wokingham Town Hall and these will be in Market Place for the next two weeks for people to visit.
The project is the combined effort of all parts of Optalis Community Lives, which supports people living with disabilities, people with long-term conditions and people living with dementia.
 Solar panel scheme extended
There’s still time to sign up for our Solar Together initiative as the registration deadline has been extended until Friday 13 September.
Solar Together provides homeowners and small-medium business owners the chance to install solar panels and battery storage through a group-buying scheme to secure competitive prices. It is the only group buying scheme operating locally.
It only takes five minutes to register your interest and receive a no-commitment offer through the scheme. More than 1,500 residents have registered their interest so far this summer.
Choosing an installer can be quite daunting, but Solar Together uses trusted and vetted installers, which ensures consumer protection and competitive pricing. After you've registered, you will receive an email confirmation and then a detailed personalised offer from a vetted installer.
What you might have missed
- We've recently finished building a new pedestrian and cycle path connecting two of the borough's nature parks. The route runs through Hazebrouck Meadow at Arborfield Green and connects to its new counterpart at Hogwood Park, at the former Reading Football Club training ground in Finchampstead parish
- Even though we’re in the warmer months of the year, we know the higher cost of living continues to impact residents in our borough. Apply to the Household Support Fund if you’re struggling, you could get up to £140 to help with food and other essentials
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Check our jobs board for all our latest vacancies – includes roles in financial assessment, payments, procurement, children’s residential support, social work and more
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