Getting rid of Christmas trees

[MediaBoy]

Happy 2014 EDFers.

Sorry if someone has mentioned this before but anyone know where I can get rid of my Xmas tree in the local area?

Don't fancy a trek to the dump on Walworth Road, which is also shut today.

Thanks.

[ed_pete]

Take a look at the page - Christmas Tree info at the bottom.

http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_and_waste/3342/christmas_recycling

[MediaBoy]

Thanks - just saw it. Will leave it out with the brown bin

[DulwichFox]

Hi MediaBoy..

It is worth remembering that Manor Place (Walworth has closed down)

Recycling Depot is now at..

Devon Street, (off Old Kent Road), London, SE15 1AL

Tel: 020 7525 2000

1 April to 30 September, 8am to 8pm

1 October to 31 March, 8am to 6pm

DulwichFox

[Sue]

Hey, it's not Twelfth Night yet!

[MediaBoy]

I got a tree that I couldn't water, so it's been more or less dead for the last few days. Time to get rid, I'm

afraid!

[MediaBoy]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Hi MediaBoy..

>

> It is worth remembering that Manor Place

> (Walworth has closed down)

>

> Recycling Depot is now at..

>

> Devon Street, (off Old Kent Road), London, SE15

> 1AL

>

> Tel: 020 7525 2000

>

>

> 1 April to 30 September, 8am to 8pm

> 1 October to 31 March, 8am to 6pm

> DulwichFox

Thanks for this DF - good to know for the future

[jctg]

Shove it behind the shed in the garden.

[jacks09]

Unfortunately I can't collect but I will happily take Xmas trees for firewood....

[KidKruger]

Strip the branches off your tree and stick them in the brown bin, then slot in the cut trunk in sections, won't even fill the bin.

[Vik]

Or just stand it next to the bin, saves the hard work with the same result.

[tallulah71]

saves the hard work for who? certainly not the binmen. Really annoys me when they just get dumped outside on the pavement for someone else to deal with.

[spanglysteve]

This from the Southwark website, although given that they think there are 6bn Christmas trees in uk who know how reliable any of their info is!!

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Real Christmas tree collections

Each year approximately six billion trees are used to celebrate Christmas in Britain, sadley only 10% of those trees end up being recycled. This January make the most of your Christmas tree and help the environment at the same time by recycling your tree.

Choosing to recycle your Christmas tree in Southwark ensures that your tree will be composted and used as a soil improver for agricultural purposes around the country.

There are three easy ways to recycle your Christmas tree in Southwark

If you have a food and garden waste collection, real Christmas trees can be collected as part of your normal household collection service. Simply remove any decorations and its pot or stand and place your tree next to your brown bin ready for collection.

If you do not have a scheduled food and garden waste collection service you can book an ad-hoc collection and arrange for your Christmas tree to be collected. Simply telephone 020 7525 2000 or email the environment team to book.

From 6 to 31 January there will also be real tree collection sites at the following places around the borough

Reuse and recycling centre on Devon Street (off Old Kent Road)

Belair Park

Peckham Rye Park

Southwark Park

[fl0wer]

No, that can't be 'six billion' !!

Must mean 6 million.

Still an awful lot of trees to grow, acres to spray, petrol to cut down and transport, then throw out.

Consider a container grown alternative next year, one you keep in the garden and repot steadily over several years, up to the max size before planting out.

(There's more info in another thread on this, now in 'ED Trades and Businesses' - someone was complaining about bad ones.)

[MediaBoy]

I'm assuming if they say on their website they don't mind collecting it if you leave it by your brown bin... then they don't mind. So I'll do that.

[ellieaness]

That's what we did last year and it was collected with the garden waste.

[Roberta5146]

Just received this link from Southwark council via Twitter: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/1519/christmas_opening_hours

Christmas trees can be collected as part of your normal garden refuse, alternatively you can take them down to one of the collection sites [Devon Street (off Old Kent Road), Belair Park, Peckham Rye Park and Southwark Park] or can arrange an ad-hoc collection by calling/emailing the environment team.

[fl0wer]

Interesting article about Christmas Tree waste

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/03/christmas-tree-recycling-london

[tallulah71]

I stand corrected!!

[unlurked]

Just dump it on the street like so many anti social selfish ED gits have done this year.

[Mrs TP]

I saw two lots of people taking theirs to Peckham Rye park today, heading towards the cafe / central bit - not sure what recycling they offering there.

[srisky]

Got home to find that someone has dumped their tree by our bins....thanks a lot (!).

[MediaBoy]

Luckily we have a bin store, so didn't feel so bad leaving it out for collection. It got collected when the brown bin collection happened last week. But agree - bit selfish of others to dump it by the road (saw one by the crossing outside the EDT today) or in the bins of others.