Christmas tree recycling hits the Wokingham ten tonne mark
More Christmas trees than ever before were recycled at Wokingham Borough Council’s free collection points earlier this month.
Throughout January Wokingham residents have been recycling their unwanted Christmas tress through the borough council’s green waste collection scheme, but on Saturday January 19, residents were able to take them along to recycling points at Wyevale Garden Centre in Hare Hatch, Wargrave and Swallowfield Village Hall in Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield
More than 10 tonnes of Christmas tree green waste was recycled on the day across the two sites – beating last year’s high of 7.5 tonnes.
The Wokingham borough council’s executive member for environment, Cllr Simon Weeks, was on hand at the Swallowfield recycling point to see the green work in action. He was joined by the council’s waste and recycling manager Peter Baveystock and Celia Adams, clerk of Swallowfield Parish Council, as well as staff from SITA, the council’s recycling contractor.
Cllr Weeks, said: “I’m really pleased so many residents from throughout Wokingham Borough recycled their trees on Saturday and have been recycling their green festive waste through the green waste collection scheme.
“It’s good news that even more waste was collected last Saturday than in previous years and I hope that throughout the year residents continue to recycle as much of their waste as possible. If we can compost and recycle green waste this reduces landfill charges and taxes, which in turn helps minimise costs for the council and its residents.”
The council is planning to extend its green waste collection scheme to include even more houses this year. The scheme already covers 52,000 homes and it is hoped this will be increased by another 1,000 by spring 2008. A new household waste and recycling centre, on the former Smallmead civic amenity site, opened this month and is also able to recycle a range of Wokingham residents’ rubbish, including green waste.
Throughout January Wokingham residents have been recycling their unwanted Christmas tress through the borough council’s green waste collection scheme, but on Saturday January 19, residents were able to take them along to recycling points at Wyevale Garden Centre in Hare Hatch, Wargrave and Swallowfield Village Hall in Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield
More than 10 tonnes of Christmas tree green waste was recycled on the day across the two sites – beating last year’s high of 7.5 tonnes.
The Wokingham borough council’s executive member for environment, Cllr Simon Weeks, was on hand at the Swallowfield recycling point to see the green work in action. He was joined by the council’s waste and recycling manager Peter Baveystock and Celia Adams, clerk of Swallowfield Parish Council, as well as staff from SITA, the council’s recycling contractor.
Cllr Weeks, said: “I’m really pleased so many residents from throughout Wokingham Borough recycled their trees on Saturday and have been recycling their green festive waste through the green waste collection scheme.
“It’s good news that even more waste was collected last Saturday than in previous years and I hope that throughout the year residents continue to recycle as much of their waste as possible. If we can compost and recycle green waste this reduces landfill charges and taxes, which in turn helps minimise costs for the council and its residents.”
The council is planning to extend its green waste collection scheme to include even more houses this year. The scheme already covers 52,000 homes and it is hoped this will be increased by another 1,000 by spring 2008. A new household waste and recycling centre, on the former Smallmead civic amenity site, opened this month and is also able to recycle a range of Wokingham residents’ rubbish, including green waste.
Wokingham Borough Council
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