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Recycle your Christmas tree

Date: 20/12/2007

Once again you are invited to help our environment by having your Christmas tree recycled. All trees will be chipped to form a compost mulch.

Christmas tree

Please leave your Christmas trees at the following recycling points between 2 and 27 January 2008:

Bamford Recreation Ground
Buxton Wye Street, small car park off Station Road
Castleton Main car park
Chapel-en-le-Frith Thornbrook Road car park
Charlesworth Recreation ground, Marple Road
Chinley Derwent Square
Dove Holes Hallsteads (over 60s club)
Edale Main car park
Glossop Pyegrove Road Recreation Ground Car Park
Hadfield Bankswood Park, off Park Road
Hayfield Station car park
Hope Main car park
New Mills Leisure Centre car park, Hyde Bank Road
Tintwistle Sexton Street car park
Whaley Bridge Bingswood car park

There will be no tree collection point at Corn Mill Car Park in Manor Park, Glossop this year. Please use the alternative site at Pyegrove Road Recreation Ground Car Park.

The tree recycling points will be clearly marked. Please ensure that all decorations and wrapping are removed from your trees before taking them to the collection points.

For details of waste and recycling collections in the High Peak during the festive period, visit www.highpeak.gov.uk/environment/xmasrefuse.asp.

Thank you for your efforts to make Christmas in High Peak as green as possible!