Where to go with the old Christmas tree? It does not belong in the trash
Is Christmas gone and its symbol is no longer full of freshness? If you have decided to follow the tradition and get rid of the tree at Three Kings, it is appropriate to know where to throw it so that it does not interfere and at the same time the garbage can be destroyed. Who has a garden or at least a space in the courtyard, it can chip the tree and throw it in the compost. The idea of returning to the forest so that the wildlife has something to improve on, but it is not ideal. It can happen that there is a forgotten hook from ornaments or, for example, remnants of chains on the tree, and this could be fatal for the animals.
The tree belongs to the garbage cans
The tree is ideal should be placed next to waste containers if they are freely accessible. If not, and this also applies if you have a trash can behind the fence of a family house, the procedure must be different.
“Even the regular presentation of the dustbin in front of the building does not change that the container is used and closed to the public. In addition to such containers, trees should definitely not end, even at the moment when the dustbin is brought in front of the building for regular collection. The right place for a retired tree is in these cases separation station with colored containers, ”Explains Prague Services spokesman Radim Mana
Deferred Christmas trees at mixed waste bins, so-called black bins or containers, are collected on the usual collection days. Ideally, there would be a sapling should not be discarded until 24 hours before dump.
With colored containers for sorted waste, the situation with removal is different, the trees will be taken away special vehicle as part of regular cleaning of separation stations. “If the schedule is adhered to, the trees in the streets will not stay too long. Nevertheless, I ask Praguers to take care of their surroundings and they did not leave trees in the middle of the sidewalk, for example, or on the road, “adds Deputy Mayor Petr Hlubuček (STAN).
It ends up in a composting plant
The final stop for most Christmas trees will be one of the composting plants in the metropolis. Part of the pollution or insufficiently dismantled trees may travel together with mixed waste for energy recovery to ZEVO Malešice. Christmas trees end every year as well in the Prague Zoo, where they are a welcome diversion for local animals after thorough cleaning.
Put the sapling dismantled to the containers
Author: Eva Fornálová