With post-Christmas clean-ups underway, Marks & Spencer is calling on its customers to come into store this January and help the Woodland Trust turn festive waste into woodland by recycling old cards at stores UK-wide*.
From 2-31 January 2012, specially-marked Christmas card recycling bins will be placed in over 300 participating M&S stores. M&S is committed to planting one tree with the Woodland Trust for every 1,000 Christmas cards brought into store – with the aim of saving over 10 million cards from the rubbish bin this year, equating to 10,000 new native trees.
Sue Holden, Chief Executive of the Woodland Trust, said; “We are delighted that M&S is continuing the highly successful Christmas Card Recycling Scheme this year. By recycling festive cards, M&S customers are helping the Woodland Trust to continue vital work in creating new woodland, as well as preserving the habitat of thousands of UK species.”
For the first time, M&S has also introduced a voting mechanism on its Plan A website, allowing people to vote for where they would most like to see more trees planted. Customers can now go to www.marksandspencer.com/votetrees and pick their preferred region: the more votes a region gets, the more trees will go in the ground there.
Richard Gillies, Director of Plan A, CSR and Sustainable Business at M&S, said; “Brits have a long-standing connection to the great outdoors and woodlands are part of our heritage. By doing something as simple as dropping off your old cards at M&S, you can help ensure future generations will continue to enjoy them.”
For more information on M&S, please contact:
Christopher Kang
M&S Corporate Press Office
0208 718 1967
For more information on The Woodland Trust, please contact:
Lindsey Daly
Corporate PR & Communications Manager
0845 293 5605
*Excludes stores in Channel Islands, Isle of Man, selected Simply Food stores and Simply Food stores at BP Connect, railways, motorway services, hospitals and airports.