Christmas Recycling and Collection of Christmas Trees

Christmas is traditionally a time of excess and there is no exception with regard to the volumes of waste we produce.

Statistics show that as a nation, UK rubbish bins at the end of the festive season could contain as much as one billion Christmas cards; six million Christmas trees and enough wrapping paper to stretch around the equator nine times or to the moon if each sheet was laid end to end.

In the Royal Borough alone an additional 70 tonnes of glass bottles will be thrown away. Think of all the Recyclebank points you could earn!

The Royal Borough invites residents to ensure that :

• all wrapping paper (not the shiny foil type) and Christmas cards are placed in your recycling container.
• all paper, card, glass, tins, cans, aerosols, cartons and plastics tubs, trays, pots and bottles are put out for recycling in your recycling containers and that any additional recycling material is left next to your container in cardboard boxes, carrier bags or white / clear sacks. Please be aware you will not receive Recyclebank points for the additional material left next to your conatiner.
• any broken Christmas tree lights can be taken to the CA Site
• all real Christmas trees are taken to one of the collection points provided.

To assist in recycling at this time of year the Authority makes special arrangements for the collection of real Christmas trees. Details are provided below.

Real Christmas Trees may be left at any of the following sites (minus decorations) between Friday 6th January and Friday 20th January:

A temporary site will also be provided on Saturday 14th January 2012.

Cookham Dean, by the War Memorial - 10a.m. to 12 Noon.

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