Recycle your Real Christmas Trees Responsibly

Christmas tree recycling day 2025

Bring your real Christmas tree to one of Dacorum Borough Council’s Christmas tree chipping points on Sunday 5 January 2025:

  • Berkhamsted: Canal Fields car park (over the canal behind Waitrose), HP4 2AL: 8am to 2pm
  • Hemel Hempstead: Dacorum Borough Council, Cupid Green Depot, HP2 7BA: 8am to 2pm
  • Tring: Tring Garden Centre, HP23 5HF (drop-off only): 9.30am to 2pm

The Council will be offering bags of Christmas tree chippings that you can use against weeds in the garden. Any unclaimed chippings will be made into compost.

Please avoid arriving before the opening times. Canal Fields car park will be closed during the event except for dropping off trees. You will need to find alternative parking if you are visiting the town.

Recycling Centres

If you can’t make it to a chipping point on Sunday 5 January, you can recycle your tree at the recycling centres on Eastman Way, Hemel Hempstead or Northbridge Road, Berkhamsted. Trees left at any other recycling sites will be treated as fly-tipping and you could be prosecuted.

Information about recycling centres can be found at www.dacorum.gov.uk/recyclingcentres

Scout group collections

Local scout groups in certain areas are offering to collect trees from Dacorum homes for a minimum donation.

Check the Council’s Christmas Recycling page for more information or contact your local scout group to see if they are offering collections:

www.dacorum.gov.uk/christmasrecycling

For more information on recycling this Christmas, visit: www.dacorum.gov.uk/christmasrecycling