Recycling Christmas Tree

[eleanor.m.]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows whether the council will collect xmas trees left out with the bins and/or whether there are any local recycling points. I can't seem to find anything current on Southwark council's website, but it looks like there has previously been a recycling facility at Peckham Rye park.

Thanks for your help!

Eleanor

[jacks09]

Hi Eleanor if you struggle to get rid of it I could use it on my open fire

[Huguenot]

Apparently, the most eco friendly way to dispose of your tree is to chip it and spread it on your garden.

Second is to compost it but ONLY if you turn your compost heap regularly (if it decomposes without oxygen it will create methane).

Third is to chip and burn.

Fourth is to compost it if you don't regularly turn your heap, but at least use it.

Last is landfill, which guarantees it'd decompose without oxygen and pump methane out.

[Serena2012]

Hi Eleanor

See link attached from Southwark Council's website dated December 2012.

It sounds as though they will collect your tree if you leave it out with your brown bin (assuming you have one).

They also list a number of collection points within the Borough.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/1091/recycling_around_the_christmas_tree

However, I agree with Huguenot that this may not be the most environmentally friendly option.

Good luck.

S

[buggie]

I didn't think brown bin collections (which the Xmas tree collections are part of) go into landfill - admittedly haven't closely looked into this but pretty darn sure that the council wouldn't ask us to separate the rubbish out, giving us a bin to put it in & go to the trouble of having a separate collection round for brown bins if they went to the same place.

I thought the council chip the Xmas trees collected & use them in parks/council flowerbeds & would guess it makes more sense to collect them & chip centrally than to take the chipper round the borough.

[eleanor.m.]

Thanks for all of your help!