Hospice Isle of Man are delighted to be doing its bit for the environment by reducing its carbon footprint by recycling real Christmas trees.

Your tree can be collected by their team of merry men and women by registering on www.charityxmastreecollection.com and by paying a minimum donation of ?5 per tree.

The team will collect the trees from Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th January 2016. Only the trees that have been registered and left outside can be collected.

All the trees will be taken Ballaneven in Peel for crushing and recycling as compost. Hospice would like to thank Richard Kneen for his help with this at Ballaneven.

Sharon Connor, the new events manager for Hospice has managed to rope in Newfield, a local e-gaming company, which is also where her son works. She is pictured with Mary Doyle from Hospice’s fundraising team along with Dan Connor and Craig Cain of Newfield. They are pictured beside the Hospice Christmas tree which naturally will be recycled!

Director, Mr Mark Reynolds “We are delighted that our staff have chosen to volunteer for this event. Hospice Isle of Man is a wonderful charity, close to many of our hearts. It is great to see that recycling used Christmas trees can have such a positive impact upon the lives of the people on the Island and benefit the environment.”

Hospice would also like to thank David Quayle of Athol Garage for the support of a van to collect the trees.