Green Wiltshire

Recycling Christmas

Recycling Christmas

If you've got a ‘real’ Christmas tree to get rid of why not recycle it.  You can drop it off at any of Wiltshire’s Household Recycling Centres (there are 10 across the county) and your tree can be composted and sold back to you either bagged up or in your own container.

Recycling Christmas trees around the county:

Kennet
Kennet District Council: 01380 734665

In Kennet there are over 50 neighbourhood recycling centres. Most take paper, magazines, glass, steel and aluminium cans and some take textiles.

From Tuesday 4th January to Monday 10th January there will be a fenced compound at George Lane car park in Marlborough where you can leave your Christmas tree for recycling. These will be taken away for shredding and composting.

Recycling Christmas

Or take your Christmas tree to one of the Household Recycling Centres at:

There are collection points for cardboard, plastic bottles and Christmas trees.

North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire District Council: 01249 706352

When you have finished with your Christmas tree make sure you take it to one of the special recycling facilities available at Hill’s Household Waste Recycling Centres at:

Wootton Bassett residents will also be able to use the free Tree Chipping service for Christmas Trees, being provided by Wootton Bassett Town Council, at the Borough Fields car park on Saturday 8th January, 8am - 1pm.

Salisbury
Salisbury District Council: 01722 434319 / 434320

If you live in an area which has been supplied with organic garden waste recycling bags, you can put your Christmas tree out for collection by the council.

The tree must be cut into lengths of not more than 5 feet. Put the tree at the kerbside by 7am on your green waste collection day.

Alternatively you can take your Christmas tree to your nearest household recycling centre:

Swindon

Many retailers such as local garden centres will take back your tree for recycling or bring it along to the Household Waste Recycling Centre in Cheney Manor:

West Wiltshire
West Wiltshire District Council: 01225 785031

West Wiltshire District Council will be helping local people to recycle their Christmas trees in January.

In Melksham and Trowbridge, Christmas trees can be left out for collection after 24 January as part of the fortnightly green waste recycling scheme. Trees can either be cut up and placed inside the green bins, or left intact alongside the bins.

In Bradford on Avon, Warminster and Westbury, the Council will operate a shredding service on the following dates:

Thursday 6 January - High Street car park in Westbury, 10am to 2pm
Friday 7 January - Central car park in Warminster, 10am to 2pm
Monday 10 January - Station car park in Bradford on Avon, 10am to 2pm.

In addition, Christmas trees and any other green waste (such as garden cuttings etc) can be taken to any of the household waste recycling centres.

These can be found at:

Christmas Cards

Recycling Christmas

From 5th January 2005, branches of W H Smith and Tesco, across Wiltshire, will be taking Christmas cards for recycling and the proceeds will go to the Woodland Trust. Simply take your cards to your local W H Smith High Street store or local Tesco store during January 2005 and place them in the special bins provided.

Or Christmas cards can be dropped off at Wootton Bassett Town Council Cascade Offices, High Street Wootton Bassett.

For more information about The Woodland Trust and this scheme visit www.the-woodland-trust.org.uk

You can also take your Christmas cards for recycling to:

Marlborough Local Information Point
Tidworth Post Office
Voluntary Action Kennet Offices, River St, Pewsey
Broad Hinton Village Stores
Burbage Post Office
Woodborough Garden Centre
Holy Trinity Primary School, Great Cheverell
Bentley house, Easton Royal

Toys, books and mobile phones

Charity shops will be happy to take any toys or books no longer wanted and Oxfam shops or the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust will accept old mobile phones for recycling.

Computers

If you are changing your computer and the old one has a Pentium II processor or better, ring Kennet Furniture Recycling on 01380 720722 who may be able to re-use it.

Or contact SCAMP, Shaftesbury Centre, Percy Street, Swindon.  They want any PCs and peripherals.  But they must be in working order and have a Pentium II processor or better. For more information go to: www.scamp.org.uk.