Hone your say: your side of the fence

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It was interesting to read Over the fence (Dec issue) about Christmas trees. Artificial trees are typically made of non-recyclable plastic and twisted wire that on disposal could cause great harm to wildlife. But with real trees you can be environmentally friendly and help charities too. More than 50 UK hospices offer Christmas tree recycling schemes, where in return for anoptional donation the tree will be collected and responsibly recycled. This January over 7,000 trees will be composted to make soil improver for farmland. From this scheme last year, volunteers from East Cheshire Hospiceraised over ￡136,000, and have raised over ￡1m since the scheme first started.