Lincolnshire residents are being encouraged not only to recycle their Christmas trees but also to support the environment and local charities.
The St Barnabas Hospice tree-cycle’ scheme bookings close on Tuesday, 4 January. There is still limited capacity.
The hospice hopes to raise 30,000 before they close their bookings.
The Hospice’s Tree-cycle program involves staff and supporters driving across Lincolnshire to collect and reuse Christmas trees. These trees can then be recycled or replanted depending upon whether they were cut or potted.
This is for a suggested donation at 14.58
Recycled trees can be turned into wood chips that can be used to make biomass boilers, shelter and layering for farmyard animals, and BBQ charcoal. These are then sold from local farms.
Rudies Roots Nurseries will replant unwanted potted trees in the local woodland this year.
St Barnabas will collect trees up to seven feet high from Saturday 8 January to Wednesday 12 January. Registrations will be accepted until Tuesday 4 January or until they reach capacity.
They ask the public to place their trees in an easy-to-collect area outside their front door.
Register to ensure that the Hospice can collect from you house.
These locations include Lincoln, Market Rasen, Gainsborough, Grantham, Stamford, Sleaford Other.
The hospice has expanded its collection area to include more counties this year.
Rebecca Hooton is the St Barnabas Hospice Fundraising Officer. She stated: We need to raise funds for our Tree-cycle campaign in order to care for more people in Lincolnshire who have a terminal or life-limiting illness.
“We are extremely lucky to have such generous donors and hope that they will join us in making this years Tree-cycle one of the most successful.
We have put in place safety measures to protect those who are collecting trees due to the ongoing pandemic. If people are from the same family, or work in the same area, they will only be working with the same vehicles.
You can find more information here here.
