 Garden waste price decrease Garden waste collections for the rest of 2021-22 costs £50 as the price has dropped from 1 August. The next price drop is from 1 November when it goes to £35. If you subscribe to our garden waste collection service, we will provide a 240 litre brown wheelie bin and a fortnightly collection for you to deposit your garden clippings, grass cuttings, leaves and weeds. If you’d like to order our brown bins, you can do so via the garden waste webpage. If you order now your subscription will cover until 30 April 2022. Don’t produce much garden waste? Then why not consider the 75 litre compostable garden waste sacks. These costs £1.10 each. You can order these on the brown sack collection webpage.  Be cautious when deposing of glass A member of the Veolia waste collection team was injured and taken to hospital in an ambulance this week due to broken glass being deposited in the blue waste bags without being properly wrapped. We ask that if residents are disposing of broken glass, please ensure it is completely wrapped to keep everyone safe. This should be sealed in a box or wrapped in several sheets of newspaper to prevent our waste collectors being put at risk. Broken glass should not be taken to the bottle bank, which is for glass bottles and jars only. Get more information on glass recycling, including search for your nearest bottle bank, on the recycling banks webpages .  Send us your black box reuse ideas The rollout of the borough’s waterproof recycling bags was completed in June and we’re encouraging as many residents as possible to find a new use for their old black boxes. Residents are already using them for a number of practical uses at home and in the garden which include: • Storage for items in the shed/garage/loft • As a planter in the garden for growing vegetables • Growing flowers in it • Storing glass to take to the bottle bank • Donating to a neighbour, friend, school or other organisation who wants it Our residents continue to send us pictures of plants thriving whilst being grown in their black boxes. We’d love to see how you’ve used your black boxes, so if you have flourishing flowers, vibrant veggies or housing hedgehogs, send us your pictures to CEM@wokingham.gov.uk  Fly-tipping update Council and the police catch unregistered waste carriers Our localities officers teamed up with Thames Valley Police to conduct stop checks on vehicles carrying waste last month. Two drivers failed to show a valid waste carrier’s licence and a waste transfer note both were issued with a £300 fixed penalty notice. The perpetrators were stopped at Highfield Park, Arborfield, and Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead, and have 14 days to pay their fixed penalty fines, or they will go to court where they could face a fine of up to £50,000. Evidence leads to fly-tippers Three fly-tippers were issued with a £300 fixed penalty notice after evidence was found linking them to dumping waste in our borough. The perpetrators have 14 days to pay their fixed penalty fines, or they will go to court where they could face a fine of up to £50,000. We have a zero tolerance approach to fly-tipping and will investigate all incidents. Report fly-tipping on our website. Fly-tipping is a crime. Be smart and dispose of waste responsibly by using a licenced waste carrier, or by disposing of unwanted items at the Re3 recycling centre. We also offer a service to dispose of goods, learn more on our bulky waste collection webpages.  Need more recycling bags? Listen up! You are now able to get up to four more green recycling bags. You can just turn up at any of the hubs during the opening hours. Look here to find our collection hub locations and hours. We ask when collecting you follow the Covid-safe instructions to protect yourself and our staff. If you cannot collect or arrange someone to collect on your behalf you may order for delivery but please note this may take over 14 days. Complete the simple order form on our recycling bag webpages to get them delivered.  Why do I still need to book for re3 sites? We are taking a phased approach to relaxation of the rules alongside our partners re3 and our priority is to ensure that everyone has a safe visit to the site. The booking system has proved to be a very efficient tool in keeping us all Covid-secure but also brought a number of other benefits. This includes: a higher recycling rate, being more efficient with our journeys and reduced queues, leading to less idling cars on the approaching roads and playing a part in reducing our impact on the environment. Currently, a range of trials are taking place to helps assess the future of the booking system. As part of it, slots are being gradually increased to make the service even more efficient but still safe for everyone. For more information or to book a slot for the click & tip service, visit the re3 webpage. |
Audited Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) 2025/26
29 June 2026
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