RESIDENTS across the borough have been challenged to throw away less and recycle even more this year.
Wokingham Borough Council is asking households to take part in its one blue bag challenge in an effort to reduce the amount of rubbish thrown away.
The borough council said that recycling rates from kerbside collections increased to 35,600 tonnes last year.
But 36,000 tonnes of rubbish was sent to landfill or burnt for energy.
The council estimates that more that half of this could have been recycled in kerbside recycling.
A council spokesperson said that the campaign aims to reduce waste disposal costs and raise recycling rates.
“It costs less to recycle waste,” they said. “Making products out of recycled, rather than raw materials, also uses less energy and reduces landfill.
“Food waste placed in food caddies can be processed and turned into energy as well as capturing methane to turn into electricity.”
The council hopes that as many residents as possible join in with the challenge.