Waste that has been put in recycling bins in Reading has ended up being shipped as far as Vietnam more than 6,000 miles away, it has been revealed.
Each year, tonnes of waste is recycled from homes in the town, from cans and paper to electrical items, garden waste, and food.
Now the countries where Reading recycled waste has ended up has been revealed, as well as the sheer amount that has been recycled.
Figures for the total waste recycled by Reading residents over a year has been revealed in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request put forward to Reading Borough Council by this newspaper.
The largest amount of waste in Reading is mixed dry recycling, which is made up of bottles, cans, cardboard and paper.
More than six million kilograms (6,160,260kg) of food waste was also recycled in 2023, and more than four million kilograms (4415640kg) of garden waste collected and recycled as well.
Any recyclables that are rejected are burned during the process, of which the data shows 1.9 million (1,944,420 kg) of rejected recycling from Reading was incinerated.
