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What is the aim of the scheme? |
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Where can people take their cards
for recycling? |
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What can people do with their cards
after 31 January 2009? (These cards will not
count towards the Christmas Card Recycling
Scheme total) |
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How can individuals promote the
scheme? |
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How can schools, businesses and other
organisations get involved in the scheme? |
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Can the cards be collected from local
communities, organisations or businesses? |
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Can recycling bins be provided for
local communities or organisations? |
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Can people take their cards to
Woodland Trust offices for recycling? |
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Why does the Woodland Trust get
involved in the Christmas Card Scheme? |
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How is the money generated
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What is the money spent on?
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How many cards were recycled in 2008? |
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How does the environment benefit from this
scheme? |
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Is there any further information
about the amount of rubbish we produce? |
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Do we also recycle Christmas wrapping
paper and Christmas trees? |
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Who can I speak to for more information? |
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What
is the aim of the scheme?? |
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1) To raise money for the Trust to
plant trees throughout the UK. If everyone
recycles just one Christmas card at WHSmith,
Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer stores
throughout January, the Woodland Trust will
be able to plant 15,000 trees to create UK
woodland. Planting 15,000 trees would be
enough to create a wood the size of 30
football pitches.
2) To raise the profile of, and highlight
the environmental benefits of, recycling.
Recycling helps to tackle climate change.
Waste sent to landfill can create methane –
a powerful greenhouse gas. If we all recycle
just one card this Christmas this would save
1,570 tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse
gases – the same as taking 500 cars off the
road for a year.
3) To raise the profile of the Woodland
Trust and the UK’s need for more trees. The
UK needs many more trees. Trees are the
lungs of the planet by turning CO2 into
oxygen, yet the UK is one of the least
wooded countries in Europe with just 12%
woodland cover compared to the European
average of 44%. Just 4% of this is wildlife
rich broadleaf woodland which the Woodland
Trust aims to double.
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Where can people take their cards
for recycling? |
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Taking your cards to mainland WHSmith
stores1, Tesco stores2, TK Maxx and Marks &
Spencer stores3 throughout the UK. Recycling
bins will be present in store from January
2nd – 31st 2009.
1 UK mainland WHSmith high street
stores only – (excludes all WHSmith Travel
stores, Isle of Wight, Belfast and Channel
Islands).
2 All Tesco supermarkets
including selected Express stores
3 All M&S stores including
selected M&S Simply Food stores
The scheme does not operate in the Republic
of Ireland. |
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What can people do with their cards
after 31 January 2009? (These cards will not
count towards the Christmas Card Recycling
Scheme total) |
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Recycling opportunities vary across the UK.
You can use kerb side facilities or take
your cards to any recycling point found in
supermarket or town centre car parks. If you
are unsure of where your local recycling
facility is, contact your local recycling
officer. Alternatively, you can save your
unwanted cards until the 2010 Christmas Card
Recycling Scheme. |
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How can individuals promote the
scheme? |
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In addition to recycling cards you can also
distribute campaign posters within your
local community. If you would like to
request posters please complete the
online form
or call 01476 581112
(ext 227), or download them. Word of mouth is also an effective way
of promoting the campaign so remind friends,
family and colleagues about the scheme.
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How can schools, businesses and other
organisations get involved in the scheme? |
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Although the scheme is primarily
designed for individuals to participate,
businesses and organisations can also lend
support by displaying posters and
encouraging colleagues to recycle. Please
remember there is no pick up service
available and you will need to take the
cards to the store yourself. Before you do
that, please check with your local store
manager that they can accept bulk
deliveries. |
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Can the cards be collected from local
communities, organisations or businesses? |
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No. Because the scheme fits in with
the existing logistics of WHSmith, Tesco, TK
Maxx and Marks & Spencer, unfortunately the
Woodland Trust or any of the partners in the
scheme are unable to collect cards other
than from participating WHSmith, Tesco, TK
Maxx and Marks & Spencer stores. |
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Can recycling bins be provided for
local communities or organisations? |
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No. Recycling bins are only available
at participating WHSmith,
Tesco, TK Maxx and M&S stores. |
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Can people take their cards to
Woodland Trust offices for recycling? |
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No. |
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Why does the Woodland Trust get
involved in the Christmas Card Scheme? |
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Simply, the scheme raises valuable funds for
the charity to plant thousands of trees
throughout the UK. The Trust also believes
that recycling is an important environmental
action that should be supported and
promoted. |
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How much money does the scheme raise
each year for the Woodland Trust? |
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Last year the scheme generated just
over £80,000 in donations and gift in
kind. |
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How is the money generated? |
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There are three main income sources.
1) Recycling credits - The Woodland Trust
does not receive any income directly from
the actual recycling of cards. The income
comes from recycling credits, paid by local
authorities for waste that does not have to
be disposed of in landfill sites. So, the
more cards recycled – the better.
2) Generous financial and non-financial
support by the scheme’s four main partners
WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer.
3) Cash donations from some local
authorities, organisations and supporters of
the Woodland Trust. |
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What is the money spent on? |
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The money raised through the scheme
is ploughed directly into our tree planting
work. In the 12 years that the Woodland
Trust Christmas Card Recycling Scheme has
been running, 600 million cards have been
recycled. This has enabled the Woodland
Trust to plant 141,000 trees, save 12,000
tonnes of paper from landfill and stop
16,000 tonnes of CO2 from going into the
atmosphere – the equivalent to taking more
than 5,000 cars off the road for a year. |
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How many cards were
recycled in 2008? |
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73.6
million cards. |
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How does the environment benefit from
this scheme? |
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Recycling cards through the scheme
enables the Woodland Trust to plant
trees! If everyone recycles just one
Christmas card at WHSmith, Tesco, TK
Maxx and Marks & Spencer stores
throughout January, the Woodland Trust
will be able to plant 15,000 trees to
create UK woodland.
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Recycling helps to tackle climate
change. Waste sent to landfill can
create methane – a powerful greenhouse
gas. If we all recycle just one card
this Christmas this would save 1,570
tonnes of CO2 equivalent greenhouse
gases – the same as taking 500 cars off
the road for a year.
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Recycling cards makes people think about
consumer waste – particularly relevant
at Christmas.
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Is there any further information
about the amount of rubbish we produce? |
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It is estimated that 1 billion
Christmas cards (17 for every woman, man
and child) could end up in bins across
the UK this Christmas (source: Defra)
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Waste sent to landfill
biodegrades and produces harmful
greenhouse gases such as CO2 and
methane. Landfill sites release about
40% of the UK’s methane emissions – a
greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than
CO2 (source: WRAP).
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Do we also recycle Christmas wrapping
paper and Christmas trees? |
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No. Please contact your local
authority to find out where you can take
these
items. |
