NEW research suggests that Reading is not very clean as a town, compared to other big cities.
It came 35th out of 39 in a survey by GetAgent. Judging criteria included waste expenditure, the level of air quality, overall cleanliness to reveal the cleanest towns and cities.
Top of the pile was Newcastle upon Tyne, which had a clean city score of 8.39, partly because it has invested more than £23 million in waste minimisation expenditure.
Telford, known as the birthplace of industry, was second, scoring highly for its recycling rates – 11,918 tonnes were sent for recycling, composting or reuse between April and June of 2020.
York was third, and had one of the best air quality scores in the survey. Reading, on other hand, had one of the worst.
It spent £7,271,000 on waste disposal and £3,103,000 on recycling. The expenditure was calculated as £39 per person.
Overall, out of 10, its clean city score was 3.69, which is less than half what Newcastle received.
The full research can be found at: https://www.getagent.co.uk/cleanest-cities
