By now we’ve all heard about the Christmas tree schemes where you rent a potted live tree that’s replanted in a forest each year. But depending on where you live, that’s not always an option – so many of us still purchase a cut tree each December.
Across western Europe, as soon as it hits 6 January, our streets are lined with Christmas trees cast aside after their festive duties are done.
And if you also take into account the trees that are cut, but not sold, that’s an awful lot of trees being thrown away. Surely, there’s more that can be done with them?
Here are four inventive ways you can recycle your Christmas tree into something useful.
4. Turn your Christmas tree into a tasty treat for farm animals
Some city farms and petting zoos offer a tree collection service in exchange for a donation.
Kentish Town City Farm in London, the …