Recycle your real Christmas trees

Plymouth City Council’s successful Christmas tree collection scheme starts next week.

The special tree collections start on Monday 11 January and run right up until Thursday 21 January.

All people have to do is to put the trees out next to their bins or bags and a separate crew will pick it up on the day their rubbish and recycling is collected.

The tree rounds operate separately to normal rubbish collections but will be timed to make sure it is on the same day as people’s bins are out.

Councillor Brian Vincent, Cabinet Member for Streetscene said: “This is a great scheme that proved very popular last year and helped us cut the number of trees that were left hanging around back lanes for weeks on end. In total last year over 13 tonnes of old Christmas trees were picked up and taken to Chelson Meadow to be chipped.”

Anyone who misses their round will have to take their tree to Chelson Meadow and Weston Mill Recycling Centres to be chipped’