Recycle your Christmas tree

You can find information below on recycling real and artificial trees, plus a list of our Christmas tree recycling points.

Where to take your real or artificial Christmas tree

You can recycle real or artificial Christmas trees at our Household Waste Recycling Sites.

Real Christmas trees can be chopped up and recycled in your garden waste if you've signed up to our paid-for collection service.

Do not leave trees on the pavement, road or beside a communal bin. This is fly-tipping and you could be fined.

Christmas tree collection service

You can arrange for your Christmas tree to picked up straight from your home. 

Off the Fence, supported by Just Helping, can collect your Christmas tree for a charitable contribution. The suggested donation is based on the size of your Christmas tree with a minimum donation of £10.

The trees are collected and taken to a farm in Ditchling for chipping and recycling.

Registration closes by Tuesday 9 January 2024 and collections take place on 15 and 16 January 2024.

Book your collection with Just Helping.

Recycling points in the city

Real trees can also be left at any of our 22 Christmas tree recycling points across the city. A full list is below.

Before leaving your tree, remove it from its pot and make sure you've taken off any decorations.

Every real tree is turned into soil improver or compost. You can buy this soil improver from our recycling centres.

Our Christmas tree recycling points will be open from Wednesday 27 December 2023 until Monday 22 January 2024.

Brighton recycling points

  • Upper Bevendean Avenue - opposite the shops, by the recycling site
  • Coldean Lane - opposite Park Road, near the junction with A270
  • Wilson Avenue - East Brighton Park, the grass between the wall and the bike racks
  • Ditchling Road - Hollingbury Park, north end, opposite the golf course entrance on the corner of Woodbourne
  • Ladies Mile Road - junction with Mackie Avenue, behind the clock tower
  • Mackie Avenue - junction of Plainfields, playing field opposite the shops
  • Montpelier Crescent - next to the recycling point
  • Preston Drove - Preston Park, north entrance, next to the recycling site
  • South Avenue - south of Queens Park, by the pond
  • Union Road - north end of the Level, behind the recycling site
  • Upper Rock Gardens - paved area outside St. Mary's Church

We’re no longer operating collection sites at:

  • Withdean Stadium - your closest recycling point is now Preston Park
  • Upper Bedford Street - your closest recycling point is now Upper Rock Gardens

If you leave a tree at these sites, we will treat it as fly-tipping and you could be fined.

Hove recycling points

  • Hove Lawns - opposite Adelaide Crescent
  • Hove Lawns - opposite Third Avenue
  • Hangleton Park - on right hand side from Lark Hill, alongside the basketball court
  • Hove Park - end of Park View Road 
  • Wish Park Recreation Ground - Wish Road, North East corner, by the playground
  • East Hill Park - Millcross Road entrance
  • Victoria Recreation Ground - Victoria Road, West side of the car park
  • St Ann's Well Gardens - on the grass by the Furze Hill entrance of the park

The recycling point in St Ann's Well Gardens has moved to the Furze Hill entrance of the park. If you leave a tree at the old site within the park, we will treat it as fly-tipping and you could be fined.

Saltdean/East recycling points

  • Saltdean Park Road - Saltdean Lido, in the car park to the left hand side of recycling site
  • Lockwood Crescent - Woodingdean Central Park, in the corner opposite recycling point
  • Falmer Road - Happy Valley car park, left hand side of entrance barrier, opposite Crescent Drive South

Contact us

If there are any issues with a site, please let us know using our report a problem and request a clean-up online form.