Ealing Council gets festive about recycling

Residents can recycle their real Christmas trees at most of the borough's parks and open spaces this New Year.

The trees will be turned into compost and mixed with soil to help the borough bloom in the springtime. Simply take your tree to one of the following locations for composting throughout January.

Residents can drop their trees off at the following locations:

Acton Green Common

Acton Park

Berkeley Fields (Berkeley Avenue)

Churchfields, Hanwell (car park)

Cleveland Park

Ealing Central Sports Ground (Horsdenden Lane South)

Ealing Common (Junction of Grange Road and The Common)

Elthorne Park (Boston Road)

Islip Manor Park (Eastcote Lane car park)

North Acton playing fields

Perivale Park (Cowgate Road)

Pitshanger Park

Ravenor Park (Oldfield Lane South and Ruislip Road)

Rectory Park (Parkfield Drive)

Southall Park (Green Drive)

Southfields Park

Spikes Bridge Park (West Avenue)

Springfield Gardens (Rosemont Road)

Walpole Park (Lammas Park Gardens)

Or, take your Christmas tree to one of the three re-use and recycling centres, which are open 8am-4pm Monday to Sunday except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

    * Acton (Stirling Road, W3 8DJ)
    * Greenford (Greenford Road, UB6 9AP)
    * Southall (Gordon Road, UB2 5QE)

Please remember to remove all decorations and pots, and leave your Christmas trees at the entrances to the sites. Trees should not be left out with the weekly garden waste collection. Residents can also replant real Christmas trees of compost them at home.

For more information visit www.ealing.gov.uk/recycling