Lib Dems making West Berkshire cleaner and greener for all

The Council have been proactive in doing this more than a year ahead of the government deadline of March 2026.

This kerbside collection will make it much easier for residents to send their plastic waste to recycling and recovery. As well as plastic bottles, cans and aerosols, residents can now add certain clean pots, tubs, and trays to their recycling bags for collection. This includes clear yoghurt pots, spread tubs, most ready meal trays, and clear fruit punnets.

Residents with communal bins will also be able to dispose of these items in their red-topped wheelie bin. This follows the successful introduction of kerbside battery recycling, paint reuse, and expanding small electrical collection points at mini recycling centres. The Lib Dem administration are proud to now add certain plastic pots, tubs and trays into household collections. This new service marks a significant step toward our goal of reducing waste and enhancing recycling for West Berkshire, and is more than a year ahead of the government deadline of March 2026. We continue to plan to introduce the collection of cartons and foil by 31 March 2026 and plastic film in 2027.