Residents in Carmarthenshire are being reminded to recycle their Christmas cards to help plant more trees.
You can recycle your cards this January in special bins in TK Maxx and M&S and the stores will donate money to the Woodland Trust which we will be used for planting trees through its ‘More Trees, More Good’ campaign.
The campaign is also being supported by the Carmarthenshire Centre for Crafts in St Clears so you can take your cards there for recycling too.
The Woodland Trust has been recycling Christmas cards for 14 years but this is the last time they are running the campaign.
If this year’s goal of planting 12,000 trees is reached it will take the total number of trees planted past 200,000 – and one step closer to achieving the ‘More Trees, More Good’ target of doubling the number of native trees across the UK.
Carmarthenshire County Council is backing the campaign and urging residents to do their bit.
Executive board member for the environment Councillor Philip Hughes said: “By recycling your Christmas cards with the Woodland Trust, you can help fund the planting of thousands of native trees across the UK.
“It couldn’t be easier, just drop your cards into the special bins in M&S and TK Maxx stores or if you live in St Clears you can take them along to the Carmarthenshire Centre for Crafts in Pentre Road. This is the last year of the scheme so let’s help it go out with a bang.”
This year residents can also help to choose where to plant the trees, visit www.woodlandtrust.org.uk for more information.
If you are unable to get to the above stores, residents can recycle their Christmas cards in their blue bags.
