Households will be able to recycle plastic wrappers and bags as part of a trial that has been approved.
The plans were approved Thursday by a unanimous vote of the councils of Reading, Bracknell Forest, and Wokingham Borough.
Residents will be able to dispose of food wrappers and plastic bags with their recycling.
The £200,000 trial, which is anticipated to start near the end of July, will involve thousands of Reading homes.
People will also be able to dispose of plastic sleeves, bubble wrap, cling film, and net bags under the program by placing them in a blue single-use bag that refuse collectors will send to a national processing facility.
However, items like plastic cutlery, disposable masks, foam, and blister packs for pills and tablets will not be included.
The usual recycling procedures apply to plastic bottles and ready-meal trays.
Informational flyers and blue recycling bags will soon be delivered to a select group of Reading homes.
The FlexCollect project, which has government support and funding, is conducting the trial as a part of a larger, cross-country research trial.
Sarah Kerr, a councilor for Wokingham, claimed there is one "sticking point" with the way the program will operate.
Wokingham Borough Council recently decided to switch out plastic recycling bags with wheelie bins, according to Councillor Kerr, who spoke with the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The reintroduction of single-use plastic bags would be "optically very, very bad for us," Councillor Kerr continued.
She enquired as to whether there existed "an alternative way of collecting" without using single-use plastic bags.
We're happy to speak with FlexCollect about potential options for the second year, but it's possible that there isn't a lot we can do, according to Sarah Innes of re3, the waste collection company that serves Reading, Bracknell, and Wokingham. ".
The trial will be extended to Wokingham and Bracknell the following year.