Electric bin lorries named in Reading
Council reveals winning names after running a public competition
Five electric bin lorries in Reading have been given new names by residents after a borough-wide competition.
The competition, launched in June, asked residents to name the Council’s first five electric bin lorries, otherwise known as electric refuse collection vehicles (eRCVs).
The naming was shared between residents and schools, with the winners announced as:
Boom Boom (Hannah Niazi, Alfred Sutton Primary School)
Dusty Binfield (Antoine Ifill, The Lodge Day Nursery)
Bincent Van Gone (Edward Day)
John MaWasteSki (Emlyn Jones)
Bin There, Done That (suggested by Erin Gray)
Cllr Karen Rowland, Lead Member for Environmental Services and Community Safety, said:
“I’m thrilled that residents were so excited about naming our electric waste trucks and are engaging and getting behind our goal to protect the environment.
“The switch over to electric vehicles is a key part of our carbon zero ambitions, and we continue to lead by example in moving towards that target. Reading Borough Council was the first local authority in Berkshire to introduce an electric bin lorry and we’ve now expanded that to five.
“Tackling the climate emergency is a team effort, and in addition to these electric waste trucks, I encourage all residents to play their part too by recycling more as well as engaging with food waste recycling”.
The contest follows a successful competition last year to name Reading’s food waste trucks, which now sees Ricky Gerwaste, Waster Taster, the Bindalorian, Hungry Hippo, Trashosaurus and Bin Truck McBinFace collecting food waste around the borough.