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 :
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:
| Area | Address |
| Ascot | The Grange Car Park, High Street |
| Gainsborough Drive | |
| Bray | The Car Park, High Street |
| Cookham | National Trust Car Park, Cookham Moor |
| Datchet | Recreation Ground, Green Lane |
| Eton | Car Park, Meadow Lane |
| Eton Wick | Recreation Ground Car Park, Haywards Mead |
| Holyport | Memorial Ground, Moneyrow Green |
| Hurley | Car Park, High Street |
| Knowl Hill | Village Hall off Bath Road |
| Maidenhead | Braywick Civic Amenity Site, Stafferton Way |
| Ockwells Park, Ockwells Road | |
| Boulters Lock Car Park, Ray Mead Road | |
| Old Windsor | Church Road Allotments |
| Recreation Ground, Robin Willis Way | |
| South Ascot | Recreation Ground Car Park, Victoria Road |
| Sunningdale | Broomhall Recreation Ground, Broomhall Lane |
| Sunninghill | Victory Fields Recreation Ground, London Road |
| Windsor | Community Centre, Hanover Way |
| Osgood Park, Windsor | |
| Garden Centres | Windsor Country Garden Centre, Dedworth Road |
| World of Water, Wraysbury Road, Wraysbury, Staines | |
| Squires Garden Centre, Maidenhead Road, Windsor | |
| Stubbings Nursery, Henley Road, Maidenhead |
A temporary site will also be provided on Saturday 14th January 2012.
Cookham Dean, by the War Memorial - 10a.m. to 12 Noon.