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Reading Borough Council

Reading bin collection dates

Enter your postcode and pick your address to see the next date for each bin Reading Borough Council collects from you.

Check your bin day in Reading

Dates come from Reading Borough Council's own system. Binmap is not the council.

Bins Reading Borough Council collects

The council's system returned these bin names in 40 successful lookups. Your address may not have all of them.

The names are the council's own. Its website says what goes in each bin.

  • Food waste bin
  • Domestic waste bin
  • Recycling bin
  • Garden waste bin

Large items collection from Reading Borough Council

The council collects large household items, such as furniture and appliances, from homes.

Price: £60 for 1, 2 or 3 items, £9.50 for each additional item (up to 5 items), £55 for each fridge or freezer. Checked 3 October 2026.

Missed bins and new bins: contact Reading Borough Council

Report a missed bin, ask for a new bin, or ask about garden waste on the council's website. Binmap cannot do these for you.

Reading Borough Council's website

Tips in Reading Borough Council's area

Binmap lists 1 tip in Reading Borough Council's area.

Many tips take only residents of the area that runs them, and some need a booking. Each tip's page says what it needs.

Tips by distance from the middle of Reading

Re3

1.3 miles away. Takes white goods and large appliances, wood and timber, DIY waste and building materials. Island Road.

Recycling and reuse nearby

Besides tips, Binmap lists these places in Reading Borough Council's area for things your bins do not take.

Binmap also maps 46 public bins in Reading.

  • 2 recycling points
  • 1 clothes bank
  • 1 bottle bank
  • 14 charity donation points
  • 1 reuse shop

Guides for Reading

Areas Reading Borough Council covers

Reading Borough Council collects in 5 postcode districts.

These 4 are shared with a neighbouring council. If you live in one, check which council collects from your address.

  • RG2
  • RG4
  • RG30
  • RG31

Postcode districts in Reading Borough Council's area

Towns in Reading Borough Council's area

Neighbouring councils

About these dates

The latest successful Reading lookup in Binmap's records was on 2 September 2026.

Binmap asks the council again once a result is a week old.

If a date looks wrong, check it on Reading Borough Council's website.

Last updated: 15 October 2026

Binmap is independent and is not run by any council.