by Community Editor » Mon Jan 06, 2025 4:27 pm
Wandsworth’s Christmas tree recycling service is back, offering residents several free and sustainable options for recycling your Christmas trees.
From Monday 6 January, you can leave your Christmas tree out on your usual collection day and we’ll collect it for free.
Cllr Judi Gasser, Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “We’re looking forward to bringing back our Christmas tree collection service in 2024/25. With even more drop-off sites, it’s easier than ever to sustainably dispose of your tree.”
Christmas tree collections
Our free collection service runs from Monday 6 January to Friday 31 January. Put your Christmas tree out for collection on your usual collection day and it’ll be collected the same day, but in a different vehicle.
Here are some handy tips for how to put out your trees. Remember, it should be put out on your usual collection day:
- Homes with front gardens: put your tree out for collection next to your rubbish and recycling bags, not on the street.
- Homes with no front garden: put your tree just outside your front door on the pavement, taking care not to block where people walk.
- Blocks of flats: leave your tree near your rubbish and recycling bin store, but don’t block access to the bins.
- Remove any decorations or pots as the trees are sent for composting.
Trees are sent for composting, so we will not collect any trees that are:
- Plastic/not real
- Still decorated
- In soil or a pot/stand
- Over 6ft (these must be cut into smaller pieces)
Report a missed collection if your tree was missed on collection day. Please remember it will be collected by a different vehicle, so please wait until after 7pm on collection day to report a missed collection online if it has still not been collected. Alternatively, you can also contact us the next working day on 020 8871 8558.
Drop-off points
You can also take your Christmas tree to one of the following drop-off points from Thursday 26 December. Remember to remove any decorations or pots first:
- Acanthus Road, Battersea, parking bays at the end of the road next to Grayshott playground, SW11 5TY
- Battersea Park, Albert Bridge Car Park, Albert Bridge Road, SW11 4NU
- Battersea Park, Chelsea Gate Car Park, Carriage Drive North, SW11 4NJ
- Nuffield Health Car Park, Burr Road, Wandsworth, SW18 4SQ
- Tooting Common, Dr Johnson Car Park, SW17 8JU
- Tooting Leisure Centre Car Park, Greaves Place, SW17 0NE
You can also take your tree to
Smugglers Way reuse and recycling centre. Remember you must
book a slot to visit Smugglers Way.
Wandsworth’s Christmas tree recycling service is back, offering residents several free and sustainable options for recycling your Christmas trees.
From Monday 6 January, you can leave your Christmas tree out on your usual collection day and we’ll collect it for free.
Cllr Judi Gasser, Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “We’re looking forward to bringing back our Christmas tree collection service in 2024/25. With even more drop-off sites, it’s easier than ever to sustainably dispose of your tree.”
[b]Christmas tree collections[/b]
Our free collection service runs from Monday 6 January to Friday 31 January. Put your Christmas tree out for collection on your usual collection day and it’ll be collected the same day, but in a different vehicle.
Here are some handy tips for how to put out your trees. Remember, it should be put out on your usual collection day:
[list=1]
[*]Homes with front gardens: put your tree out for collection next to your rubbish and recycling bags, not on the street.
[*]Homes with no front garden: put your tree just outside your front door on the pavement, taking care not to block where people walk.
[*]Blocks of flats: leave your tree near your rubbish and recycling bin store, but don’t block access to the bins.
[*]Remove any decorations or pots as the trees are sent for composting.
[/list]
Trees are sent for composting, so we will not collect any trees that are:
[list=1]
[*]Plastic/not real
[*]Still decorated
[*]In soil or a pot/stand
[*]Over 6ft (these must be cut into smaller pieces)
[/list]
[url=https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/christmas-tree-recycling]Report a missed collection[/url] if your tree was missed on collection day. Please remember it will be collected by a different vehicle, so please wait until after 7pm on collection day to report a missed collection online if it has still not been collected. Alternatively, you can also contact us the next working day on 020 8871 8558.
[b]Drop-off points[/b]
You can also take your Christmas tree to one of the following drop-off points from Thursday 26 December. Remember to remove any decorations or pots first:
[list=1]
[*]Acanthus Road, Battersea, parking bays at the end of the road next to Grayshott playground, SW11 5TY
[*]Battersea Park, Albert Bridge Car Park, Albert Bridge Road, SW11 4NU
[*]Battersea Park, Chelsea Gate Car Park, Carriage Drive North, SW11 4NJ
[*]Nuffield Health Car Park, Burr Road, Wandsworth, SW18 4SQ
[*]Tooting Common, Dr Johnson Car Park, SW17 8JU
[*]Tooting Leisure Centre Car Park, Greaves Place, SW17 0NE
[/list]
You can also take your tree to [url=https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling/waste-and-recycling-centres/smugglers-way-household-waste-recycling-centre/]Smugglers Way reuse and recycling centre[/url]. Remember you must [url=https://wrwa.gov.uk/centre-opening-times/]book a slot[/url] to visit Smugglers Way.
