LONDON, Jan 04 (APP): The post x-mas recycling campaign began in the British capital on Friday when a giant Christmas tree at the iconic Trafalgar Square was fed into a chipping machine for shredding and will later be composted.
London Assembly member Murad Qureshi launched the campaign by helping 22 metres tall and 6 metres wide tree feed into the chipping machine.
Across London, following the festive period, it is estimated that most of the 976,000 Christmas trees in the capital will be simply thrown away instead of being recycled to make compost. All 33 London district governments are now offering additional Christmas tree recycling services.
There is additional festive recyclable rubbish such as an estimated 124 million cards and around 30 per cent extra glass jars and bottles.
Speaking on the occasion, Qureshi noted improvement in the city’s recycling rate but called for still greater efforts in order to tackle global warming by reducing excess rubbish.