Recycle your Christmas Tree

After Christmas 2005, the huge spruce tree in Trafalgar Square donated by Norway was shredded for mulch, and used for fertiliser in Parliament Square. You can recycle your tree as well!

Find your nearest recycling facilities at the Recycle for London website or contact your local council to find out more about recycling your Christmas tree. Make sure you go to a recycle point that is appropriate for wood.

Brent
Chop up your tree and put it in your green wheelie bin.
Call the garden waste recycling service on 020 8937 5039.
Take it to one of the following park depots: Roe Green, Barham, Roundwood or Queens park.
www.brent.gov.uk

Ealing
The Council will recycle trees in Ealing throughout January.
Take your tree to the local parks for chipping or composting.
There are also three recyling centres. See website for details.
www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling
Tel: 020 8825 6000

Hackney
Leave your tree next to your brown bin on your regular collection day.
Recycle your tree at: Millfields Refuse Centre, Millfields Road, London, E5 OAR: drop off between 8am-3pm Mon-Fri, 8am-12 noon on Sat.
www.hackney.gov.uk/ew-recycling-general-information-851.htm
Tel: 0208 356 6688

Islington.
www.islington.gov.uk/Environment/getting greener

Kensington and Chelsea
www.rbkc.gov.uk/christmastrees
Tel: 0207 361 3000

Richmond
www.richmond.gov.uk/rubbish_waste_and_recycling
Tel: 08456 122 660

Southwark
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/environment/
Every January, they provide a free Christmas tree recycling service. Households on their garden waste collection scheme can have their trees collected by putting them out on their garden waste collection day. Households who are not part of the Garden waste recycling scheme can take their trees to one of several designated areas. They also offer an assisted collection service for elderly or disabled residents, just contact 020 7525 2000 from the beginning of January to arrange for a collection. All the trees collected will be reprocessed to make mulch that will help bring shrub and flowerbeds back to life in the spring.

Wandsworth
Christmas trees will be collected free of charge for two weeks in January.
The trees are shredded and sent for composting.
Or take your tree to Smuggler's Way or Cringle Dock civic amenity sites (public tip)
www.westernriverside.org.uk.
Tel: 0208 871 6000

Westminster
www.westminster.gov.uk/christmastrees
Environmental Action Line: 0207 641 2000

Anyjunk
AnyJunk, London's largest rubbish clearance company, offers a very easy Christmas tree removal and recycling service. They charge £20 to remove a tree from outside the premises and £30 from inside.
Crucially, they also sweep-up before they leave! Additional charges apply for trees larger than 10ft and for undressing trees and removing decorations. Book online at www.anyjunk.co.uk or call them on 020 7819 9008.