Book to get your Christmas tree taken away for free

This reminder in from the council, Ed

Christmas may not have happened just yet, but residents can book to have their natural Christmas tree taken away from their kerbside in January when the festive period is over.

This free service will be available to book on the council’s website from Monday 21 December.

Christmas tree collections will be offered between 7 January and 4 February 2016 and any trees that are collected will be taken by waste contractor Amey for composting.

Trees will be picked up on the same day as your recycling waste. This service needs to be booked a minimum of three working days in advance of your normal recycling waste collection day.

How to book
When booking a collection, please remember:

If your next recycling day is on a Monday, book your green garden waste collection by 6pm on Wednesday.
If you next recycling day is on a Tuesday, book your green waste collection by 6pm on Thursday.
If your next recycling day is on a Wednesday, book your green waste collection by 12noon on Saturday.
If your next recycling day is on a Thursday, book your green waste collection by 6pm on Monday.
If you next recycling day is on a Friday, book your green waste collection by 6pm on Tuesday

Once you have requested your Christmas tree to be collected, leave it next to your green wheeled bin/clear plastic sacks by 7am on your recycling collection day.

Collection dates
Residents are also reminded of the revised Christmas collection schedule detailed below:

Normal collection day	Revised collection day
Mon 21 December	Sat 19 December
Tue 22 December	Mon 21 December
Wed 23 December	Tue 22 December
Thu 24 December	Wed 23 December
Fri 25 December	Thu 24 December
Mon 28 December	UNCHANGED
Tue 29 December	UNCHANGED
Wed 30 December	UNCHANGED
Thu 31 December	UNCHANGED
Fri 1 January	Sat 2 January