Herefordshire and Worcestershire charities holding annual events to help recycle real Christmas trees
Hereford's St Michael's Hospice and Worcester-based St Richard's Hospice are two of several names involved in making sure the trees are disposed properly
A number of charities across Herefordshire and Worcestershire are aiming to play their part in making sure thousands of real Christmas trees are recycled properly this month.
Several are holding their annual tree collections for voluntary donations, with the likes of Hereford's St Michael's Hospice running one from the 9-11 January and Worcester-based St Richard's Hospice also holding theirs yesterday and today (10 January), as well as next week.
St Richard's say last year it had 197 volunteers out collecting trees which saw them end up recycling 2,731 in total.Â
Their corporate fundraising lead Ria Simons said: "It's just a really fantastic way of engaging with our community to get involved in recycling and encourage others to do so and at the same time raising much needed funds.
"We have an army of volunteers that will go out, they'll follow the route, they will collect Christmas trees and when their van is full, they'll have a designated drop-off site where they'll be met by a chipping team.
"All the trees are then chipped and then they're recycled."
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust, Primrose Hospice, Kemp Hospice are some others involved with collections, while councils across both counties are also reminding people they can take their trees to household recycling centres.