Compost your Christmas tree for free: New Year recycling dates (From This is The West Country)

Compost your Christmas tree for free: New Year recycling dates

7:00am Thursday 3rd January 2013 in Cornwall

 

From Monday, January 14 to Friday, January 25 there will be a free collection service for real Christmas trees. Residents should place the tree out for collection on the rubbish collection day on the alternate week to your recycling collection.

The trees will be collected separately, shredded and composted. Residents do not need to subscribe to the garden waste service for this.

Christmas cards and envelopes Christmas cards can go in the kerbside recycling collection; they should be placed in the sack for cardboard. White envelopes should go into paper sack, coloured or brown envelopes should go with the cardboard.

Wrapping paper Most Christmas wrapping paper can be recycled, although we cannot accept paper coated with foil or plastic. All non shiny paper can go in the paper sack.

Cardboard Cardboard boxes should be flattened and put into the cardboard recycling sack. Big pieces of cardboard or large amounts can be flattened and bundled together and put out next to the recycling, or taken to the Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC).

Chocolate and biscuit tins You can put empty metal chocolate and biscuit tins into the sack for plastic bottles and cans. We cannot recycle plastic biscuit containers.

Additional recycling Extra recycling that does not fit in your containers can be put it into carrier bags and put out with the rest of your items to be recycled. Be extra careful with glass and put it in a rigid or sturdy box.