Shropshire
Council and their waste contractor Veolia are launching a Christmas tree
‘amnesty’ this new year, to make sure trees don’t go to
waste.
This
means that for the first few weeks of January 2014 you can recycle real Christmas
trees simply by putting them out for collection along with your garden
waste.
All
real Christmas trees collected will be ‘recycled’ (actually they get sent for
composting) and turned into valuable soil improver for local farmers and
gardeners.
Top
tips
- Make sure you put
the tree out on the correct day for your garden waste collection. Check your
collection timetable via shropshire.gov.uk/binday
- Make sure your
tree is out on the kerbside by 7am as the collection crews start work
early.
- If you can,
please try to get the tree into your garden waste bin to make it easier for the
collection staff.
- If you cannot fit
your tree into the garden waste bin, you may on this occasion leave the tree
next to your garden waste bin, but please take care to avoid blocking the
pavement or causing a trip hazard.
- To help the
collection staff handle them and make sure that they fit into the vehicles,
please cut up any extra large trees to a maximum 5 foot (1.5m)
lengths.
- Please make sure
you remove any tinsel, fairy lights and other decorations first. These are not
compostable.
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