With Christmas over for another year, many households in south east London will be taking down their Christmas decorations.

We’ve put together a full list of everywhere in south east London you can recycle your Christmas tree, with everything you need to know.

Bexley

Bexley residents can recycle their real Christmas trees via the borough's garden waste service.

The service is set to commence from January 8, 2024 and trees should be placed bare next to garden waste bins ready to be collected.

Bromley

In Bromley, residents can recycle their real Christmas trees at several temporary sites around the borough on allotted days.

Trees should only be left at these locations during the specified hours, otherwise Bromley Council has confirmed that it will be classified as fly-tipping.

Residents who are also members of the green waste collection service can recycle their real Christmas trees by breaking them down and putting them in green waste bins on collection days.

When & Where?

Saturday, January 6, from 11am until 4pm:

  • Bromley: Norman Park, Hook Farm Road (off Bromley Common)
  • Green Street Green: Salt Depot, Shire Lane Spur (off Sevenoaks Road)
  • St Paul’s Cray: Cotmandene, Crescent car park

Sunday, January 7, from 8am until 12pm:

  • Biggin Hill: Charles Darwin School, Jail Lane
  • Beckenham: Unicorn Primary School car park, Creswell Drive (off South Eden Park Road)

Greenwich

Greenwich residents are able to recycle real Christmas trees under the borough's food and garden waste collections from January 8.

Residents should remove decorations and leave trees beside green bins on collection days.

Residents with artificial trees have been advised to recycle them at the Reuse and Recycling Centre on Nathan Way or to book a bulky collection.

Lewisham

In Lewisham, real Christmas trees can be recycled up until the end of January at a number of collection points across the borough.

Residents who own a garden waste bin are also able to recycle their real Christmas trees by cutting it into pieces no bigger than 10cm in thickness and 50cm in length.

Below are all the locations you can recycle your real Christmas trees:

  • Blackheath - Changing room car park
  • Mayow Park - Mayow Road, café entrance
  • Sydenham Wells Park - Wells Park Road, main entrance
  • Telegraph Hill - Kitto Road/Pepys Road entrance
  • Blythe Hill - Codrington Hill entrance
  • Manor House Gardens - Old Road entrance
  • Mountsfield Park - George Lane entrance
  • Hilly Fields - Adelaide Avenue/Montague corner and bowling green corner
  • Northbrook - Baring Road entrance
  • Chinbrook - Amblecote Road, car park entrance
  • Deptford Park - Scawen Road, depot entrance
  • Forster Park - Whitefoot Lane, top entrance
  • Friendly Gardens - Thornville Street
  • Broadway Fields - Brookmill Road

Dartford

Residents in Dartford can take both real and artificial Christmas trees to the household waste and recycling centre.

Where? Old Rochester Way, Dartford Heath, Dartford, DA1 3QU

When? Monday to Saturday from 8am to 4.30pm and Sunday and bank holidays from 9am to 4pm