Recycle your Christmas Tree

You can take your Christmas tree to the following locations, on two Saturdays in January:

Saturday 9 January, 07:00 – 15:00:

• Central Park car park (Rainham Road North entrance)
• Barking Park car park (South Park Drive entrance)

Saturday 16 January, 07:00 – 15:00:

• Beam Park (The Leys) car park (Ballards Road entrance)
• St Chads Park car park (West Road entrance)

You can also take your Christmas tree to Frizlands Lane tip at any time. Check out the rules for visiting here.

Have a look at the council’s Christmas service information here.

You can recycle your tree as part of your usual bin collection! Trees will be collected from Friday 8 January to the end of the month.

You’ll need to cut your tree in half and put the pieces next to your bins on bin day.

Have a look at the council’s Christmas service information here.

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day, from 11 January onwards.

You’ll need to cut your tree in half and place it next to your garden waste bin on collection day.

If you don’t have a garden waste subscription, you can take your tree to either one of two tips in the borough:

Thames Road in Crayford and Maidstone Road in Foots Cray. The council is operating a traffic control system based on odd and even number plates at both sites. Make sure you read the rules for visiting here before going.

For full Christmas service information, check the council website here

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day. Simply cut your tree into pieces and place them into your garden waste bin.

If you’d rather have your tree collected from home, you could also book a special collection service. This is a good option if you have a few large items that you want collected, as the service costs £35 for up to five items to be collected.

Drop-off points

The council is also setting up drop-off points, which will be available from Sunday 27 December 2020 to Sunday 10 January 2021, at the following locations:

• Roe Green Park (Entrance off Kingsbury High Road)
• Silver Jubilee Park (Bottom of Townsend lane)
• Barnhill Open Space (Top of Barnhill)
• Welsh Harp open space (Car park)
• Gladstone Park – Kendal Road Entrance
• Preston Park Recreation ground (Car Park College Road)
• King Edward VII Park( Car park St Johns Road)
• Northwick Park (by the Car Park)
• Barham Park – by main car park/library
• One Tree Hill (Bridgewater Road)
• Chalkhill Rec Ground/New Linear Park (Chalkhill Road)
• King Edward VII Park Willesden (Doyle Gardens next to City Academy)
• Stonebridge Recreation Ground (Car Park at Albert Terrace)
• Roundwood Park (Main Entrance Harlesden Road)
• Villiers Road Pocket Park (Entrance to Villiers Road)
• Furness Road Pocket Park (Entrance off Furness Road)
• Chamberlayne Road (Junction Wakeman Road)
• Brondesbury Pocket Park
• Queens Park

Pop-up locations

Finally, you could take your tree to one of two pop-up points on two Saturdays in January:

Saturday 2 January 2021

• Priory park road j/w Hazelmere, 09:00 – 11:00
• Brondesbury Villas j/w Woodville, 12:00 – 14:00
• Woodcock Park/Shaftesbury Avenue, near to the tennis courts, 14:00 – 16:00

Saturday 9 January 2021

• Lydford Road j/w St Gabriels, 09:00 – 11:00
• Anson Road j/w Kendal road, 12:00 – 14:00
• Doyle gardens j/w Furness road, 14:00 – 16:00

Double check the Christmas tree recycling details on the Brent website here.

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day.

Simply put your tree in your garden waste bin!

If you don’t have a garden waste collection, you can take your tree to the following drop-off points on two days in January:

Saturday 9 January 2021, 11:00-16:00

• Norman Park (Hook Farm Road entrance off Bromley Common, A21)
• Green Street Green, Salt Depot (Shire Lane ‘spur’, off Sevenoaks Road)
• St Paul’s Cray, Cotmandene Crescent car park (off Chipperfield Road)

Sunday 10 January 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 

• Beckenham, Unicorn Primary School (Creswell Drive off South Eden Park Road)
• Biggin Hill, Charles Darwin School (Jail Lane)

Christmas trees can also be recycled at Waldo Road and Churchfields Road reuse and recycling centres.

Get all the details here.

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day. You’ll need to cut your tree up so that it can fit into your garden waste bin or bags.

If you don’t have a garden waste collection, you can take your tree to the temporary Christmas tree recycling points in the borough that will be open Monday 4 January – Sunday 17 January.

Find your nearest Christmas tree recycling point

Get all the details here.

The council can collect your tree from your home for free! Put your tree out by Monday 18 January and it will be collected within 2 weeks.

If you have a garden waste collection you can also cut it up and recycle it as part of your usual service.

Get all the details here.

Christmas tree can be taken to temporary drop-off points after Christmas. Check the council website for more details.

The council can collect your tree  for free from your home! Trees will be collected on the same day as your black bin collection. If your tree is a big one, you’ll need to cut it in two.

Alternatively, you can take your tree to any of these drop-off points up until 30 January 2021:

• Acton Park
• Berkeley Fields (Berkeley Avenue)
• Churchfields Park Hanwell
• Cleveland Park
• Ealing Central Sports Ground (Horsenden Lane South)
• Ealing Common (Junction of Grange Road and The Common)
• Elthorne Park (Boston Road)
• Islip Manor Park (Eastcote Lane)
• North Acton Playing Fields
• Perivale Park (Cowgate Road)
• Pitshanger Park
• Ravenor Park (Oldfield Lane South and Ruislip Road)
• Rectory Park (Parkfield Drive)
• Southall Park (Green Drive)
• Southfields Recreation Ground (Southfield Road)
• Spikes Bridge Park (West Avenue)
• Springfield Gardens (Rosemont Road)
• Walpole Park (Lammas Park Gardens)

You could also take your trees to these two tips:

• Acton Reuse and recycling centre
• Greenford Reuse and recycling centre

Due to COVID-19, visits to the tips have to be booked in advance. You can do that here.

For full Christmas tree recycling details, have a look on the council website here.

If you have wheelie bins, you can recycle your tree as part of your usual bin collection, though you’ll need to book a collection. When booking, you’ll be given a collection date between Thursday 7 January 2021 and Wednesday 20 January 2021. Book your free Christmas tree collection.

If you subscribe to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected as part of your usual collection. Make sure your tree fits within the bin (cut it into pieces if needs be) and the lid is closed.

Alternatively, you can take your Christmas tree to Barrowell Green Recycling Centre. Visits have to be booked in advance, which you can do here.

Until Sunday 10 January 2021, trees can also be taken to the following parks:

• Pymmes Park
• Bush Hill Park
• Bury Lodge Gardens
• Town Park
• Jubilee Park
• Albany Park
• Arnos Park
• Durants Park
• Broomfield Park
• Tottenhall Sports Ground
• Oakwood Park
• Grovelands Park
• Trent Park

Leave your tree inside the park gate for collection by staff.

For all the Christmas service information, check here.

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection!

Place the tree outside the front your home before 6am – not in your green bin.

If you live in a block or estate with communal bins, leave it by the bin store – not in the bins!

For full details, check here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, between 4 -15 January.

Place the tree outside the front your home before 7am on your usual bin day.

If you live in a block or estate with communal bins, leave it by the bin store – not in the bins!

Drop off points:

You can also take your tree to Millfields Depot, Millfields Road, E5 0AR from 4 to 31 January, 08:00 – 15:00, Mondays to Fridays, or 08:00–12:00 on Saturdays.

Double check details on the council website here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, between 4 – 17 January! Place the tree outside the front your home before 7am on bin day.

Drop-off points:

You can also take your tree to one of the following drop-off points:

• Bishops Park(next to cafe, Bishops Park Road/Stevenage Road entrance)
• Cathnor Park(next to the play area, Greenside Road)
• Fulham Palace Road Cemetery(opposite Queensmill Road)
• Loris Road Community Gardens Batoum Gardens
• New King’s Road(on edge of Eel Brook Common)
• Normand Park(opposite Lillie Road entrance)
• Ravenscourt Park(by football pitch, access by foot via Ravenscourt Park Road)
• South Park(hard standing next to cricket nets, access by foot via Woolneigh Street)
• Wormholt Park(Sawley Road entrance)
• Wormwood Scrubs car park(off Scrubs Lane)

For full Christmas service information, check the council website here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree from home for free! Cut your tree into smaller pieces and put it out with your normal collection. If you have a garden waste subscription, put your tree in your garden waste bin.

Christmas trees can also be taken to Haringey’s Reuse and Recycling Centre in Wood Green – Western Road, N22 6UG. Visits have to be booked in advance. You can do that here.

Drop-off points:
You can also drop-off your Christmas trees at the following parks (looks for the signs!)

• Albert Recreation Ground – Bidwell Gardens entrance (near staff depot)
• Bruce Castle Park – Staff depot near Lordship Lane entrance
• Downhills Park – Downhills Park Road/Keston Road entrance
• Finsbury Park – Endymion Road entrance (on left of entry)
• Priory Park – Barrington Road entrance (staff yard on right)

The Gardens Community Garden will also have a Christmas tree recycling point open from Sunday 27 December 2020 until Sunday 17 January 2021.

For more Christmas service details, have a look at the council website here.

The council doesn’t collect trees or set up drop-off points. Instead, you can take your tree to the tip or book a bulky waste collection.

Check the tip page here

Book a bulky waste collection here

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day. Simply cut your tree in half and place it in your green bin with the lid closed.

If you don’t have a garden waste service, you could take your tree to Gerpins Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre. Check the site rules before visiting here.

Drop off point

You can recycle your tree at Gidea Park Sports Ground, Main Road, Romford on Saturday 9 January 2021 between 10:00 – 14:00.

For more Christmas service details, have a look at the council website here.

If you’ve signed up to the garden waste service, your tree will be collected on your usual bin day in January.

If you don’t have a garden waste service, you could take your tree to one of the borough waste and recycling centres or arrange a bulky waste collection.

If you live in a flat or estate

Call the council on 01895 556000 to request collection from Monday 11 January. Trees should be placed next to your bin store.

For full Christmas service information, have a look at the council website here.

If you live in a house/ flat within a house:

The council will collect your tree as part of your usual bin collection, between Tuesday 11 January and Friday 22 January 2021.

If you live on an estate:

Speak to your managing agent and/or landlord to find out how you can dispose of your tree responsibly, or alternatively, drop-off your tree at collection points across the borough.

Drop-off points

Temporary tree collection points will be set up at the following locations in January:

• Hanworth Air Park
• Hounslow Heath
• Redlees Park
• Bedfont Lakes
• Gunnersbury Park

For more detailed Christmas service information, have a look at the council website here.

If you live in a house or flat within a house:

Put out your tree out on your normal collection day between Monday 4 January and Friday 15 January and it will be collected a little later in the day and sent for recycling.  

If you live on an estate:

Put out your tree for recycling at your estate’s designated drop-off point on Wednesday 13 January and Wednesday 20 January. Trees put out on other dates may not be recycled.

If you live in a flat above a shop

Put out your tree for recycling on Tuesday 5 January for collection from Wednesday 6 January. Any remaining trees on the street will be collected by night crews.  

Drop-off points

Christmas tree recycling points are open from Monday 4 January – Wednesday 20 January at the following locations:

• Barnard Park, Charlotte Terrace
• Elthorne Park
• Highbury Crescent, near playground entrance
• King Square Gardens
• Paradise Park, Lough Road / MacKenzie Road entrance
• Rosemary Gardens junction with Balmes Road
• Spa Fields (off Northampton Road)
• Tufnell Park, Campdale Road
• Wray Crescent, Park End

The Reuse and Recycling Centre at Hornsey Street also accepts green waste and Christmas trees all year round.

For all Christmas service details, check the council website here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, between 4 – 22 January. Simply place the tree outside the front your home on bin day.

If you live on an estate:

Recycle your real tree for free at one of the council drop-off points between Saturday 2 January and Sunday 24 January 2021.

Get all the details here.

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, between 18 – 29 January! Simply place the tree outside the front of your home on bin day.

Check the council website for full Christmas service details here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, from 4 January. Simply place the tree outside the front of your home on bin day. Trees take up a lot of space, so the council can only collect a limited number each day. If your tree is not collected, please take it back in and leave it next to your bins again on your next collection day.

If you live on an estate:

Leave your Christmas tree by the bin or bulky waste collection areas.

Drop-off points:

You can also take your tree to one of the following sites:

• Clapham Common, Windmill Drive junction with The Avenue, 4 – 17 January
• Smugglers Way Recycling Centre, Wandsworth
• Lambeth Recycling Centre, Vale Street –  4 to 31 January, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays (you must book in advance)

For full Christmas service details, check the council website here.

If you have a garden waste subscription, you can recycle your tree as part of your usual collection.

If you don’t have a garden-waste service, you can recycle your tree from 2 January to 28 February 2021 at the following drop-off points:

• Hilly Fields, entrance in Hilly Fields Crescent
• Blythe Hill, entrance on Codrington Hill
• Deptford Park, entrance in Scawen Road
• Telegraph Hill, Pepys Road/Kitto Road entrance
• Talbot Place, Blackheath
• Mountsfield Park, entrance at top of George Lane
• Sydenham Wells Park, entrance in Wells Park Road
• Forster Memorial Park, top entrance on Whitefoot Lane
• Northbrook Park, Baring Road entrance
• Mayow Park, entrance in Mayow Road
• Chinbrook Meadows, Amblecote Road
• Manor House Gardens, Old Road entrance (you can’t recycle your tree at Manor Park).

For full service information, check the council website here.

Put your real Christmas tree out by Monday 18 January and it will be collected within a fortnight. If your tree has not been collected please call 020 8274 4902.

Alternatively, you can cut up your tree and put it in your garden waste wheelie bin, if you are a subscriber to the service.

Alternatively, you could take it to the Reuse and Recycling Centre in Morden (SM4 4AX).

For more details, check the council website here.

Arrange for a garden waste collection, and put the chopped up tree into a bag on your collection day. Book a collection here.

The council can collect your tree from home for free! Simply put your tree out by 6 January and they will collect over a 2 and a half week period.

Get all the details here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree as part of your weekly collection, between 4 – 15 January! Simply place the tree outside the front your home on bin day.

If you live on an estate:

Take your Christmas tree to a drop-off point. If this isn’t possible, leave your tree next to your communal bins.

Drop-off points:

You can recycle your trees at any of the following sites, between Monday 4 to Friday 15 January 2021:

• Barn Elms Sports Centre, SW13 0DG
• Squire’s Garden Centre car park, Sixth Cross Road, TW2 5PA
• Old Deer Car Park, TW9 2RA
• Ham Street Car Park, TW10 7RS
• Nelson Road Car Park, TW2 7BB
• Hampton Library car park, TW12 2AB
• North Lane Car Park, TW11 0HJ

For more Christmas service information, check the council website here.

If you have a garden waste subscription, you can recycle your tree on your usual bin day.

Alternatively, you can recycle your tree at the Devon street tip. You’ll need to book a visiting slot in advance here.

For all the details, check the council website here.

The council can collect your tree from your home for free! Put your tree out from Monday 18 January and it will be collected within 2 weeks. If you live in a flat, leave your tree outside your communal bin store.

If you have a garden waste bin, recycle your tree as part of your usual collection!

Alternatively, you can take it to the tip at Kimpton Park Way.

For full details, check the council website here.

You can recycle your tree as part of your food and garden waste collection (if this is part of your standard service), between 4 -18 January. Simply leave out for collection on your usual bin day.

If you don’t have food and garden waste collections, please contact your property landlord or management company who can arrange collections from communal collection points.

For full Christmas service information, check the council website here.

If you live in a house/flat within a house:

The council can collect your tree for free from 4 January. Simply put your tree next to your bins on your usual collection day.

If you live on an estate:

You can book a free collection! To book email wasteteam@walthamforest.gov.uk and let them know:

• the full address of your block of flats
• the location of the Christmas Tree for collection – provide as much detail as possible
• how to gain access to the bin store if used as a collection point (route, keys or fobs required)

Real Christmas Trees for those living in flats will be collected between Monday 4 January and Friday 15 January (only on weekdays only).

Alternatively, you could take it to your local waste and recycling centre though you’ll need to book your visit in advance due to COVID-19 restrictions.

For more details, check the council website here.

The council can collect your tree for free between 4 – 15 January! Put your tree out on your usual bin day. If you live in a flat or on an estate, leave your tree next to your bin store.

For all the details, check the council website here.

Westminster is setting up over 25 recycling points for real Christmas trees. You can take your tree to a drop-off point between Monday 28 December 2020 and Sunday 10 January 2021. Opening hours are 8am to 8pm unless they are in parks, which close at 4.30pm.

Find your nearest Christmas tree recycling point