Residents in South Craven are being encouraged to go green this festive season and recycle their Christmas trees and cards.

Cleansing officials have joined up with garden centres to provide skips on their premises for trees to be collected once the Christmas decorations come down.

Posters about the service are being put up in offices, libraries, information centres and at local tips.

Christmas trees from South Craveners can by returned to Gardener's Choice in Aire Street, Cross Hills, or Ilkley Moor Garden Centre, Burley in Wharfedale, between January 2 and 23.

People can also help by putting their old cards to good use by recycling them at paper banks at Tesco in Ilkley.

Councillor Keith Thomson, chairman of Bradford Council's waste management sub-committee commented: "Last year 1,100 trees were recycled, which I'm sure is only a small proportion of the number bought.

"When trees are composted it produces useful mulch for use in gardens and parks so I hope everyone will remember to recycle once Christmas is over."

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