Christmas tree recycling scheme raises more than £7,000 in Cornwall

More than £7,000 was raised in Cornwall through a Christmas tree recycling scheme.

Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) collected over 500 trees from postcodes across central Cornwall, as part of their treecycle campaign.

The funds will support babies, children, and young people with life-limiting conditions.

Kiley Pearce, events fundraiser for CHSW, said: "There was a fantastic response to our treecycle campaign this year.

"This resulted in over £7,000 in donations."

The charity collaborated with waste and recycling firm Biffa, who collected trees in January.

People were able to book a collection in return for a donation to CHSW.

The scheme provided a hassle-free solution for disposing of Christmas trees, as many people no longer have green waste collections.

Supporters of the charity could simply leave their real Christmas trees outside their house to be picked up in return for a donation.

The collected trees have been turned into chippings to be used in the gardens at CHSW’s hospices as well as parks across the South West.

CHSW's sister hospice, Little Bridge House, in Devon also participated in the scheme.

Together, they collected and recycled 1,245 trees, raising £23,206 in total.

For more information about how the money raised helps to support babies, children, and young people with life-limiting conditions, visit www.chsw.org.uk/familystories.

Kiley added: "Thank you so much to everyone who booked in a tree for collection, we’d love to be able to roll out the service to even more postcode areas in the future.

"It is such an easy, green and charitable way to support our hospices.

"We’d also like to thank the team at Biffa for generously donating their time and vehicles to help us collect the trees – we are very grateful for their support."