Recycle your Wokingham Christmas tree for free
Residents of the Wokingham Borough have been urged to make a green start to 2008 by recycling their Christmas trees.
Now the turkey has been eaten and the festive spirit has started to dwindle, Wokingham residents can get make sure their drooping pine trees and other festive foliage is disposed of in the most environmentally friendly manner, through a variety of schemes this January.
Anyone who is part of Wokingham Borough Council’s green waste collection scheme can leave their trees out with their other garden waste for recycling on their usual green waste collection day. A list of green waste collection days is available at www.wokingham.gov.uk/recycling
For Wokingham residents who are not part of the scheme, there are two recycling points that will take Christmas trees as well as holly and mistletoe sprigs and wreaths of festive foliage for free recycling on Saturday January 19 from 8am to 11am. The recycling points are located at:
· Wyevale Garden Centre in Hare Hatch, Wargrave
· Swallowfield Village Hall in Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield
Trees left for recycling should have all their decorations removed and must be real trees – artificial and trade/ commercial Christmas trees should not be disposed of via the special drop-off points.
Alternatively trees can be taken to Longshot Lane Civic Amenity Site in Bracknell and the Smallmead Civic Amenity Site in Reading – both sites are open seven days a week from 8am to 6pm and Wokingham Borough residents can drop trees off for free recycling at either site.
Green-fingered residents, who have access to a garden shredder and want to make their gardens bloom this spring, can chop their Christmas trees up to use as mulch – which, when scattered in flowerbeds and around shrubs, creates a protective barrier and encourages vegetation and plants to grow.
More than 37 per cent of all household waste in the Wokingham borough was being recycled at the end of 2007, and simple steps like recycling Christmas trees and taking part in the council’s green waste collection scheme can help recycling grow even further.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Wokingham environment, said: “I hope all residents of the Wokingham borough make good use of both the green waste scheme and the special drop-off points for their Christmas trees this year.
“Our recycling rates have really grown over the past few years and everyone who has had a real tree over the festive period can help support our efforts to compost and recycle as much waste as possible by simply taking their tree to one of the drop-off points or leaving it with their green waste for collection.
Now the turkey has been eaten and the festive spirit has started to dwindle, Wokingham residents can get make sure their drooping pine trees and other festive foliage is disposed of in the most environmentally friendly manner, through a variety of schemes this January.
Anyone who is part of Wokingham Borough Council’s green waste collection scheme can leave their trees out with their other garden waste for recycling on their usual green waste collection day. A list of green waste collection days is available at www.wokingham.gov.uk/recycling
For Wokingham residents who are not part of the scheme, there are two recycling points that will take Christmas trees as well as holly and mistletoe sprigs and wreaths of festive foliage for free recycling on Saturday January 19 from 8am to 11am. The recycling points are located at:
· Wyevale Garden Centre in Hare Hatch, Wargrave
· Swallowfield Village Hall in Swallowfield Street, Swallowfield
Trees left for recycling should have all their decorations removed and must be real trees – artificial and trade/ commercial Christmas trees should not be disposed of via the special drop-off points.
Alternatively trees can be taken to Longshot Lane Civic Amenity Site in Bracknell and the Smallmead Civic Amenity Site in Reading – both sites are open seven days a week from 8am to 6pm and Wokingham Borough residents can drop trees off for free recycling at either site.
Green-fingered residents, who have access to a garden shredder and want to make their gardens bloom this spring, can chop their Christmas trees up to use as mulch – which, when scattered in flowerbeds and around shrubs, creates a protective barrier and encourages vegetation and plants to grow.
More than 37 per cent of all household waste in the Wokingham borough was being recycled at the end of 2007, and simple steps like recycling Christmas trees and taking part in the council’s green waste collection scheme can help recycling grow even further.
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for Wokingham environment, said: “I hope all residents of the Wokingham borough make good use of both the green waste scheme and the special drop-off points for their Christmas trees this year.
“Our recycling rates have really grown over the past few years and everyone who has had a real tree over the festive period can help support our efforts to compost and recycle as much waste as possible by simply taking their tree to one of the drop-off points or leaving it with their green waste for collection.
Wokingham Borough Council
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