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There'll be loads of opportunities for everyone to recycle Christmas trees over the coming weeks, with the island's Recycling Team keen to put them to good use.
Until the end of the month, trees can be dropped off at different locations around the island to make sure they are environmentally disposed of.
Those sites are: Queux Plant Centre, Le Friquet Garden Centre, Chouet Green Waste site and the Longue Hougue Waste Recycling Facility.
Every year more than 6,000 Christmas trees are recycled. Once collected, the trees will be shredded on site before being composted along with all of the island’s other green waste before being made into a soil conditioner. That soil conditioner will then be available for anyone to collect, free of charge, to use in your own garden during 2019.
"The trees will certainly be put to good use and we hope that as many people as possible will consider recycling them. Not only is it great for the environment, it is also a very convenient way to dispose of them and we hope that having so many drop-off points makes this as easy as possible," said States Recycling Officer, Tina Norman-Ross.
"This could even make a great opportunity to spread good will by offering to recycle your neighbour’s tree at the same time!"
The Christmas tree recycling service is free to use: "Just remember to remove all your tinsel, baubles and trimmings before dropping them off," Mrs Norman-Ross added.
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