Wokingham

Residents of the Wokingham district are being encouraged to recycle their Christmas trees through Wokingham District Council’s green waste collection scheme, at their local tip, or at specially arranged drop-off points. Residents participating in the Wokingham green waste collection scheme can put their trees out beside their green bags on their usual day for collection. For those residents not in the green waste scheme, the council has set up special collection points as follows, on Saturday January 27, 2007:

Parish Site Time
Wargrave Wyevale Garden Centre 8am to 11am
(Hare Hatch A4)

Wokingham Without Wyevale Garden Centre 8am to 11am
(Heathlands Road)

Earley Instow Road 8am to 11am
(by Woodchip Store)

Swallowfield Village Hall 8am to 11am

It is important that all decorations are removed and no artificial trees, or those used for trade or commercial purposes will be accepted at the special collection points.

Christmas trees can also be taken to the civic amenity sites at Longshot Lane in Bracknell, or Smallmead Reading, both of which are open, seven days per week from 8am to 6pm.

Wokingham Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for environment services, said: “I really hope people will take advantage of the opportunities available to recycle their Christmas trees. The easiest way is to put it out with your usual green waste, but for those residents who aren’t yet benefiting from the recently extended green waste collection scheme, we’ve organised special collection points for Christmas tree recycling.

Wokingham District Council