Christmas tree recycling

Don't let your real Christmas tree go to waste after the festive season. Recycle it. 

• Put it in your brown bin - to put a real Christmas tree in the recycling bin: 
  1. Remove the base and all decorations. You can put the base in your dark green bin.
  2. Chop it up and put it in your brown recycling bin. The trunk needs to be thinner than your wrist. If it's thicker, you'll need to take it to a Christmas tree recycling point.
  3. Your bin lid needs to close.
• Replant it - you can recycle your old potted Christmas tree by replanting it.
• Return it - many shops and garden centres recycle trees if they're returned to them. Check where you bought your tree from.

Christmas tree recycling points

Christmas tree recycling points are open from Monday, 6 January 2025–Friday, 17 January 2025.

There are Christmas tree recycling points across the borough where you can drop off your Christmas tree.

Castleton Christmas tree recycling points

• Bolton Road, OL11 3NQ
• Castleton Health and Leisure Centre car park, OL11 3AF

Heywood Christmas tree recycling points

• Bank Top and Cherwell Avenue, OL10 4SY
• Higher Lomax Lane, OL10 4SJ
• Hopwood Park, Coronation Avenue, OL10 2HZ

Middleton Christmas tree recycling points

• Alkrington Woods car park, M24 4EA
• Boarshaw Road, M24 2WQ
• Hollins car park, M24 6FL
• Kirkway, just off Grimshaw Lane, M24 1EP

Norden Christmas tree recycling points

• Norden Bus Terminus, OL11 5TT
• Norden Road, OL11 5PW

Pennines Christmas tree recycling points

• Halifax Road, OL12 9AB
• Hare Hill Park car park, OL15 9BG
• Milnrow Memorial Park car park, OL16 4JF
• Wildhouse Lane lay-by, OL16 3JW

Rochdale Christmas tree recycling points

• Bentley Street, OL12 6NE
• Caldershaw Road, OL12 7LQ
• Wasp Avenue, OL11 2AL

Christmas tree collections with Springhill Hospice

Springhill Hospice will also be collecting real Christmas trees across the borough of Rochdale from Friday, 10 January 2025–Monday, 13 January 2025.

For a minimum donation of £10, Springhill Hospice can collect your tree from the following postcode areas;

• OL10
• OL11
• OL12
• OL14
• OL15
• OL16
• M24

To book a Christmas tree collection with Springhill Hospice:

• Book your collection online with Springhill Hospice
• Phone Springhill Hospice: 01706 641790

Trees must be left in an accessible place outside your property and will be collected any time between 8am on Friday, 10 January 2025–4pm, Monday, 13 January 2025.

The trees will then be taken to the Hospice where they will be recycled and turned into chippings. The chippings are then used for pathways and garden beds within the Hospice grounds.