Interesting Fact - Christmas Fact - Christmas Trees
Berlin waste management company BSR, collects around 400,000 Christmas trees each year.
(At this time of year in Germany people throw out their old Christmas trees for collection. Many are shredded, recycled as wood chips and finally used in the production of wooden pellets for central heating systems. Some cities in Germany burn discarded Christmas trees to generate heat and electricity.
(At this time of year in Germany people throw out their old Christmas trees for collection. Many are shredded, recycled as wood chips and finally used in the production of wooden pellets for central heating systems. Some cities in Germany burn discarded Christmas trees to generate heat and electricity.
In some areas, up to the 25th of January, the council lets you know when to put your tree out for collection, but in most areas, one person will put a tree on a street corner, and then the next day there will be 20 to 30 of them there.)