{"id":438973,"date":"2026-02-22T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438973\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:16:10","slug":"record-high-food-waste-collection-in-reading-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438973\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-high food waste collection in Reading in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  In January, Reading Council hit a record-high collection total of 708 tonnes of food waste, the highest monthly figure since the launch of the scheme in 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The increase follows a borough-wide campaign launched in mid-November to encourage greater participation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Karen Rowland, lead councillor for environmental services and community safety, said: &#8220;We are delighted with these results and thrilled the momentum from our food recycling campaign is being maintained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;d like to say a huge thanks to all the residents who have contributed to this success.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The campaign led to a 12 per cent rise in food waste collected in January, contributing to a 15 per cent year-on-year increase when combined with December&#8217;s figures.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council said the results reflect lasting behavioural change among residents, who have taken on board reminders to separate food waste from general rubbish.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Food waste recycling helps reduce methane emissions by keeping food out of landfill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In January, Reading Council hit a record-high collection total of 708 tonnes of food waste, the highest monthly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-438973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}