[Community_garden] Community garden kids recycle Trafalgar Square Xmas tree - London, UK

[Don Boekelheide]

Harrow Times
London, UK
Jan 7, 2007, 

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Children recycle Trafalgar tree
By Rachel Sharp

GREEN-FINGERED children have been doing their bit to
promote an environmentally-friendly attitude at the
end of Christmas.

Youngsters from across the capital joined the
Calthorpe Community Garden Project to recycle one of
the capital's largest Christmas trees.

Calthorpe staff work with local London schools and the
community on gardening, recycling and composting.

Children from the project have been helping Nicky
Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London, to recycle the 25
metre Trafalgar Square Christmas tree in a chipping
machine ready for it to be made into compost.

With the 12th day of Christmas upon us, thousands of
Londoners will be wondering how they will dispose of
their Christmas trees, cards and other unwanted
Christmas gifts.

Over the Christmas and New Year holiday season
Londoners produced a staggering 10 per cent more
rubbish. A staggering 1.5million jars of pickles and
800,000 jars of cranberry sauce were consumed.

Cllr Gavron said: "We are recycling The Trafalgar
Square Christmas tree, it's easy to do and good for
the environment. The shredded tree will make about 15
bags of mulch which will be used as compost in
Parliament Square and in the Calthorpe Community
garden in Kings Cross.

"I hope the recycling of the Trafalgar Square
Christmas tree will encourage Londoners to become
greener citizens and recycle more, especially the
extra rubbish from the Christmas and holiday season.
Recycling services have improved across London's
boroughs, making it much easier to reduce and reuse
our waste. A massive 60 per cent of our household
waste could be recycled or composted. What better time
to start a new green approach to recycling in 2007."