Berkshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire: Where and How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree After the Holidays January 2022
Berkshire, Bucks and Oxfordshire 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!.
Berkshire
Any resident of Berkshire may drop off their tree at any of the collection sites around the borough between Monday after New Year's Day and
Sunday in mid-January
- Reading Borough Council - Drop-off at a recycling centre
Take your tree to the Christmas tree collection centres across the borough between until mid-January. The trees will be chipped by the Council
and used in a range of landscaping schemes across the Borough. Residents are being advised not to be alarmed if they see piles of trees as it
takes a few days to get round to each location.
Albert Road Recreation Ground
Clayfield Copse
Hills Meadow
Rivermead Leisure Centre
Kensington Road
Recreation Ground
Prospect Park
Meadway Recreation Ground
Tilehurst Allotments in Armour Hill
Palmer Park Sports Stadium
Whitley
Wood Recreational Ground
South Reading Leisure Centre in Northumberland Avenue
- Maidenhead - Drop-off at a recycling centre
Bray car park, High Street
Ockwells Park, Oxwells Road in Cox Green.
Hurley car park, High Street
Stubbings Nursery, Henley Road, Maidenhead
Stafferton Way Household Waste and Recycling Centre
- Windsor and Ascot - kerbside collection, or drop-off at a recycling centre
If you have a green bin, Christmas trees can be left next to the bin on collection day for recycling. If your tree is more than seven feet tall,
please cut it in half. .
Recreation ground car park, Victoria Road, Ascot
Datchet Village Hall car park, Allen Way
Recreation ground
car park, Haywards Mead, Eton Wick
Church Road allotments, Old Windsor
Recreation ground, Robin Willis Way, Old Windsor
Broomhall
recreation ground, Broomhall Lane, Sunningdale
Victory Fields recreation ground, London Road, Sunninghill
Community Centre, Hanover Way,
Windsor
The Green car park, Wraysbury
Buckinghamshire
- Bucks - kerbside collection, or drop-off
Remove all tinsel, lights, decorations, tree stands and plastic bags from Christmas trees before taking to the recycling centre.
If you want
to put it in your garden waste bin please cut it up to fit in the bin, or cut in half and leave next to the garden bin on collection day. Please
check your calendar for garden waste collection suspension.
Household recycling centres opening hours and locations;
Waste we do and don't accept
Oxfordshire
- Oxford
City - kerbside collection, or drop-off
Real trees - They collect real, bare Christmas trees (free from pots, baubles and tinsel) on your green/brown bin day from
early January though the last Friday in January (Wednesday 5 January until Friday 28 January 2022). They
will be shredded and turned into compost for local farmland.If you live in a flat, or want to recycle your real tree sooner, you can take it to one of our collection points located across the city. These will be open
after Christmas.
Artificial trees that can't be reused again, cane be dropped off at a recycling
centre.
Christmas lights , batteries and small broken electrical
items and batteries should be left on top of any bin lid in separate clear bags on your collection day.
If you live in a flat with shared bins, please recycle your small electrical items using
collection
banks, and batteries at drop
off locations, located across the city.
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