Residents will be able to make good use of all those unwanted real Christmas trees after the holiday period with Babergh District and Mid Suffolk District Council’s tree recycling scheme.
At the moment there are 36 drop-off points within the districts where people can leave their old fir trees and they will then be collected the following day for composting.
There will be marked-off areas in the places listed below for people to leave the trees – with decorations completely removed – anytime on Sunday, January 6th.
If more points become available in the coming weeks, details will be posted on the Council’s websites.
The collected trees will be taken, chipped and then composted before being used as a soil conditioner so that other plants and trees can thrive.
The tree collection points are part of a package of recycling initiatives which Babergh and MSDC urged people to take part in to make this Christmas as green as possible.
Bin collection times over the Christmas period are as follows:
Usual collection day Revised collection day
Monday, 24th December Saturday, 22nd December
Tuesday, 25th December Monday, 24th December
Wednesday, 26th December Thursday, 27th December
Thursday, 27th December Friday, 28th December
Friday, 28th December Saturday, 29th December
Monday, 31st December NO CHANGE
Tuesday, 1st January Wednesday, 2nd January
Wednesday, 2nd January Thursday, 3rd January
Thursday, 3rd January Friday, 4th January
Friday, 4th January Saturday, 5th January
Tree collection points across Babergh and MSDC:
PARISH COLLECTION POINT
ALPHETON Alpheton Village Hall, by bins
BARKING (MSDC) Grass area at the rear of the Village Hall
BURSTALL Entrance to Village sign by Church
BUXHALL (MSDC) Sports field car park, opposite the Village Hall
CAPEL ST MARY By Pass Nurseries
CHELMONDISTON Collimer Road Car Park
CLAYDON/BARHAM (MSDC) Through the gates and to the right, on the car park area for the scout hut but closer to the bungalows and paththan the scout hut
CROWFIELD (MSDC) Village Hall car park
DEBENHAM (MSDC) Leisure Centre car park near to recycling banks
ELMSETT Village Hall car park
ELMSWELL (MSDC) The Blackbourn car park
EYE (MSDC) Cross street car park
FRESSINGFIELD (MSDC) Sancroft Hall (next to the Fox & Goose) on the grass area
GISLINGHAM (MSDC) The Six Bells pub car park by Recycling Bank
GLEMSFORD Park next to Glemsford Village Hall
GREAT CORNARD Poplar Road Shops
HADLEIGH Magdalan Road Car Park
LAWSHALL The Glebe Bottle Bank
LEVENHEATH Village Hall car park
LINDSEY Red Rose Car Park
LONG MELFORD Old School Car Park,Melford Community Ass
MONKS ELEIGH Primary School
NEWTON Church Road Bring Site
PALGRAVE (MSDC) Village Hall car park
POLSTEAD The Cock Inn, in the paddock next to the bottle bank
RATTLESDEN (MSDC) Playfield car park
RICKINGHALL (MSDC) Village Hall car park near to recycling banks on the grass area
SHIMPLING Adj Bush Inn by Bottle Bank
STOWMARKET (MSDC) Iliffe Way car park next to recycling centre
STOWUPLAND (MSDC) Village Hall car park
STRADBROKE (MSDC) Back of the swimming pool, near the recycling banks
STRATFORD ST MARY Land adj Black Horse PH
STUTTON Community Hall, Stutton
SUDBURY Kingfisher Car Park, next to Bottle banks
WALSHAM LE WILLOWS (MSDC) 4, Ashes Farm, opposite nursery
WHATFIELD Whatfield Primary School
WORLINGWORTH (MSDC) Village Hall car park
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