Hospice Christmas tree collection returns

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 00:00

Salisbury Hospice's popular Chrismas Tree collection and recycling initiative is back from Christmas 2022.

In return for a donation, the team of volunteers with collect and recycle your trees, turning them into chippings or compost.

Trees will be collected between the 13th and 15th of January and can be collected from the following postcodes: SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7, SP9 and (new for this year) SP11 7, SP11 8, SO20 6, SO20 8

By registering to have your tree collected, you are helping patients and families in need of vital end-of-life care and supporting the environment and the wider community.

Our chippings are donated to local farms, which are used as animal bedding and feed.

Registration has opened today (15th November) and will close at midnight on the 8th of January.

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