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MESSAGE FROM MIKE MENZIES

The following is copied from the DorsetForYou
web site
Recycling your real Christmas tree
If you buy a cut Christmas tree, there are
various options for what to do with it once
you've finished with it:
 first, please remove all decorations from
your tree
 if you have a garden waste collection,
you can cut your real tree into small
pieces and put it in your garden waste
bin for your first collection after 6
January. Garden waste is taken to be
composted
 real Christmas trees can be taken to your local household recycling
centre and placed in the garden waste container for composting, free of
charge
 alternatively, you can put your tree next to your bin on your
first rubbish collection after 6 January (not recycling collection). However,
please note that trees collected with rubbish will be taken for treatment or
landfill and will not be composted
Fake Christmas trees will not be collected. If you can't keep it to use again, please
take your tree to your local household recycling centre.
It seems the first rubbish collection after 12th night (6th January) is 17th January. If
you cannot wait that long to get rid of your tree then you can mail me, Mike
Menzies, Michael.menzies@talk21.com and I will collect your tree on Saturday 7th
January. Same rules – must be a real tree, free from all decorations. I will shred it
and recycle. (Anyone who wants mature compost please email me.)

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