THE decorations will be down, or coming down – so now is the time to think about recycling your Christmas tree.
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has allocated 21 sites across the borough for Christmas trees to be taken from tomorrow until January 26.
Each year eight million real Christmas trees are thrown away in the UK. But if trees are recycled, they can be transformed into ProGrow soil conditioner and wood chippings, which will be used by the borough council on the town’s parks.
Councillor Robert Donnell, cabinet member for environment, said: “After all the festivities are over, it can be a real pain to dispose of the tree. But by taking it to one of the locations across the borough, it can then be turned into soil conditioner which will help our gardens to bloom.”
The Christmas tree drop-off points are:
Basingstoke Town Centre - Crossborough Hill car park, War Memorial Park and Basingstoke Homebase, Winchester Road
Brighton Hill - Sports pavilion, Gershwin Road
Burghclere - Sports club car park, Harts Lane
Eastrop - Boat House car park, Eastrop Park
Hatch Warren - Community Centre, Long Cross Lane
Headley - Darling Buds of May, Newbury Road
Kingsclere - Fieldgate Centre
Lasham - Avenue Nurseries Garden Centre, The Avenue
North Waltham - Wyevale Garden Centre
Oakley - Oakley Lane
Oakridge - Upper Sherborne Road playing fields
Overton - Overton Hill car park
Pamber End - Elm Park Garden Centre, Aldermaston Road
Popley - Carpenters Down open space
Sherfield-on-Loddon - Wyevale Garden Centre
Silchester - The Pavilion car park
South Ham - Russell Howard car park
Tadley - Hangar Road
Whitchurch - Winchester Road car park
Winklebury - Winklebury Way playing field
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