Residents will be able to take advantage of a new service to recycle their real Christmas trees across the Chichester District.
Chichester District Council is trialling the new Christmas tree recycling service in January 2019 in the following locations:
- Petworth – Pound Street car park – Friday 4 January – 9am to 11am
- Southbourne – Bourne Community College car park – Saturday 5 January – 9am to 11am
- Selsey – East Beach car park – Monday 7 January – 9am to 11am
The service is free and residents dropping off trees will be given the chance to take up a special offer for Garden Recycling Service membership.
Residents should make sure that all decorations have been removed from their tree before bringing it along to one of the drop off points.
Alternatively, residents that subscribe to the council’s Garden Recycling service can leave their real Christmas trees out with their collection to be recycled.
Households across Chichester District are being encouraged to make a note of any changes to their waste and recycling collections over the festive period.
The Garden Recycling Service will stop over Christmas and New Year from Friday 21 December and will start again on Monday 7 January.
The changes to waste and recycling collections over Christmas and New Year are as follows:
|
Normal collection day |
Pre-Christmas week |
Christmas week |
New Year week |
Post- New Year week |
Return to normal collection day |
|
Monday |
Mon 17 Dec |
Mon 24 Dec
|
Wed 2 Jan |
Tue 8 Jan |
Mon 14 Jan |
|
Tuesday |
Tue 18 Dec |
Thu 27 Dec |
Thu 3 Jan |
Wed 9 Jan |
Tue 15 Jan |
|
Wednesday |
Wed 19 Dec |
Fri 28 Dec |
Fri 4 Jan |
Thu 10 Jan |
Wed 16 Jan |
|
Thursday |
Thu 20 Dec |
Sat 29 Dec |
Sat 5 Jan |
Fri 11 Jan |
Thu 17 Jan |
|
Friday |
Fri 21 Dec |
Tue 31 Dec |
Mon 7 Jan |
Sat 12 Jan |
Fri 18 Jan |
Collection days will return to normal from Monday 14 January 2019. Residents can download and print out their own personalised waste, recycling and garden recycling collection dates by visitinghttp://www.chichester.gov.uk/wastecollectioncalendar
Any extra waste from the holiday period will be picked up by collection crews on the first collection after Christmas.
If residents have any extra recycling, they need to ensure that it is kept clean, dry and loose and placed next to their recycling bin on the day of collection.
“We are really pleased to be able to launch our new Christmas tree recycling service,” says Councillor Roger Barrow, Cabinet Member for Residents Services at Chichester District Council. “Over Christmas we tend to generate more waste than usual and so we want to make sure that residents recycle as much as possible at this time of year. We hope that the new Christmas tree drop off points will make a difference and make it easier for residents to recycle their trees.”
Residents can find more Christmas recycling advice at www.chichester.gov.uk/christmasrecycling
