Thanks you for recycling your Christmas cards!
The results of the 2009 Christmas Card Recycling Scheme have been announced at a special ceramony in Kew Gardens.
The Trust's President, Clive Anderson, has revealed that 59 million Christmas Cards were recycled in January.
This raised enough money to enable the Trust to plant 14,000 trees, in some of the Trust's 1,000 UK woods.
At the event Clive said: "You have all done very well this year to collect so many cards. The best thing about this scheme is that every card recycled helps the Woodland Trust plant more trees. I would like to thank everyone involved for their huge efforts.”
The cards were recycled in bins at WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks and Spencer.
The money for tree planting is raised thanks to recycling credits being paid out by local councils and from the generous support of the four retailers involved.
The Woodland Trust’s annual Christmas Card Recycling Scheme is now in its 13th year.
Since it was launched 660 million Christmas Cards have been recycled which has raised enough money for the Trust to plant about 150,000 trees, in some of its 1,000 UK woods.
This year bins will be in stores throughout January 2010 as usual.
The Trust would like to appeal to as many people as possible to store up their cards all year round and recycle them with us so that we can continue to plant thousands of tree.