Cornwall and Devon: Where and How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree After the Holidays January 2022
Cornwall and Devon councils and boroughs
Most areas have either :
- Kerbside collection (in some cases, cut the tree and put in the green waste bin - Some allow the whole Christmas tree to be placed by
the kerb), or
- Drop-off locations or
- Both
In ALL cases, remove all ornaments, tinsel, decorations, lights, stands, pots, planters, netting, etc.
Some household waste and recycling collections have been slightly delayed as a result of the national shortage of HGV drivers, which is affecting
haulage sectors throughout the UK. Most residents will not see any change from their normal waste collections dates as over 98% of all collections
are unaffected, but...
Always follow the link (click on the council or borough name) to get the most current information. There are often last
minute changes; do NOT assume nothing has changed since we last revised this page!.
Cornwall
- Cornwall - kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
If you subscribe to garden waste collection: They collect real Christmas trees for recycling in early January . Please put your Christmas
tree out on your normal garden waste collection day.. Trees must not be longer than 6 feet and please remove tinsel, decorations and pots or
stands.
If you do not subscribe to garden waste collections please put out on your tree on your normal rubbish collection day between
Monday, 10 January and Friday, 14 January.
Drop-off - , you can take your tree to the nearest
Household Waste and Recycling Centre.
Remove it from the pot and take off any decorations.
Artificial trees are made from a combination of materials. They cannot be
recycle and are not collected as part of your recycling collection.
Household Waste and Recycling Centres
HWRCs will be open
9am to 4pm throughout the festive period except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
You can recycle; Christmas cards, envelopes
and wrapping paper. Put them out for collection in your orange bag for cardboard.
Please remove decorations such as; ribbon, foil, glitter,
plastic film, tinsel and bubble wrap as they cannot recycle these.
Batteries
Please do not put batteries out for collection
with your rubbish or recycling. They can start fires when crushed in rubbish lorries or at waste transfer stations. You can take batteries
(including button batteries and battery packs) to a supermarket or HWRC for recycling.
Devon
Devon - Some areas are kerbside
collection, all have drop-off at a recycling centre
-
East Devon
After Christmas, there will be tree
drop off points in East Devon.
Otherwise, you can take Christmas trees to the
Recycling
Centres at Knowle (Exmouth) Sutton Barton (Wilmington) and Sidmouth.
-
Exeter
- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
Registered garden waste customers can put their real trees with their brown wheelie bin on the FIRST collection
of the season.
You can also take Christmas trees to the
Recycling
Centres at Pinbrook Road (Pinhoe) and Exton Road (Marsh Barton).
-
Teignbridge
- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
Registered garden waste customers can put their real trees in their garden waste collection.
You can also take
Christmas trees to the Recycling
Centre at Brunel Road (Newton Abbot).
-
Mid Devon
- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
Registered garden waste customers can put out with the brown wheelie bin for collections scheduled in January. Maximum trunk size 6 (15cm) in
diameter.
You can also take Christmas trees to the
Recycling
Centres at Punchbowl (Crediton) and Ashley (Tiverton).
-
South Hams
- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
Christmas trees up to 6 foot can be placed next to the brown bin.
You can also take Christmas trees to the
Recycling
Centres at Ivybridge, Torr Quarry (Kingsbridge) and Totnes.
-
Torridge
-
kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
Residents with green wheelie bins can cut up their Christmas Trees and recycle them through the fortnightly collection process. Please ensure
that there are no branches over 1 metre in length or 4cm in diameter.
You can also take your Christmas trees to the Recycling Centres at Bideford, Deep Moor (Torrington) or Anvil Corner (Holsworthy)
-
West Devon
- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
If you subscribe to the garden waste service, you can put your real Christmas Tree out for recycling alongside your green sacks between 6
January and 24 January 2020.
You can also take your Christmas trees to the
Recycling Centre Crowndale (Tavistock) or Okehampton.
-
Plymouth -
Find out what you can do with your
real trees in Plymouth.
-
Torbay
- drop-off at a recycling centre
Drop-off -
Find out where you can recycle your real Christmas Trees in Torbay.
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North Devon
If- kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
you're a subscriber, Christmas trees can be cut up and recycled in your green garden waste bin.
You can also take Christmas trees to the Recycling
Centres at Barnstaple, Ilfracombe and South Molton.
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