Recycle your Christmas cards

Recycle Now and the Woodland Trust have once again teamed up for the annual Christmas Card Recycling Scheme.

And with your help, the scheme is hoping to make 2007 its most successful year yet and collect 100 million cards to raise funds to plant 24,000 trees.

Why should I recycle my cards?

Recycling Christmas cards is the simplest way you can cut down your festive waste and make a positive contribution to tackling climate change. And by recycling your cards through the Woodland Trust Recycling Scheme, you will also help generate revenue for the charity, which carries out essential woodland conservation work and tree planting across the UK.

Where can I recycle my cards?

Special Christmas card recycling bins will be in place across UK mainland throughout January at selected retail outlets:

• WHSmith
• Tesco
• TK Maxx
• Marks & Spencer

How many cards were recycled last year?

Thanks to your help last year, 93 million cards were collected. That was enough to enable the Woodland Trust to plant 22,000 tress – or a forest the size of 44 football pitches.

Recycling 93 million cards last year saved 2,400 tonnes of C02; that’s the same impact as taking over 700 cars of the road or avoiding 100 flights around the globe.

Celebrity Support

TV soap star Emily Symons – Emmerdale’s Louise Appleton – is supporting this year’s Campaign. She says: “I am delighted to be part of the Woodland Trust and Recycle Now’s successful and worthwhile campaign. I am a keen recycler myself and will be taking all of my Christmas cards this year to participating stores. It’s a great way for people to get their New Year off to a ‘greener’ start and get into the recycling habit.”