From: "John Reynolds" To: "Lolworth Parish Council" ; "Irish Nick-Dry Drayton" ; "Girton Website" ; "Girton Parish News" ; "Girton Parish Council" ; "Dry Drayton Website" ; "Dry Drayton News" ; "Binnie Harvey-Boxworth" ; "Bar Hill website" ; "Bar Hill News" ; "Bar Hill Parish Council" Subject: TREE-MENDOUS EFFORT ON THE CARDS FOR 100 MILLION TOTAL Date: 04 January 2008 22:57 TREE-MENDOUS EFFORT ON THE CARDS FOR100 MILLION TOTAL A tree-mendous recycling effort by Cambridgeshire shoppers could help turn old Christmas cards into new woodland says waste chiefs and TV celebrity Anna Ryder Richardson. The ITV "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" contestant is urging New Year bargain hunters to help recycle 100 million Christmas cards by dropping their old ones off in special recycling bins while they shop. The Woodland Trust's annual Christmas Card Recycling Scheme is jointly co-ordinated by the Trust and the national recycling campaign, Recycle Now, also has the support of four key retailers - WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer. Specially designed bins will be placed in stores up and down the country so customers can deposit their cards for recycling. The Trust has set consumers a target of recycling 100 million cards this year - an increase on last year's figure of 93 million - so that it can raise money to plant trees. The aim is to plant 24,000 new trees across the UK through this campaign. Liz Hawkins, Cambridgeshire County Council's Waste Campaigns Officer said: "Christmas cards are one of the easiest things to recycle after all the festivities have ended. People will not only be helping to support the Woodland Trust but helping to tackle climate change too. As decorations need to be down this Sunday people may be wondering what to do with their cards. Why not drop them off at one of the participating stores when you are out shopping and help prevent them ending up in landfill where they will produce methane, a gas which contributes to climate change." This is the 11th year of the Woodland Trust's Christmas Card Recycling Scheme and Trust spokesman Alex Claydon said: "It's become a bit of a tradition in the UK, not just in terms of the stars but because people think it's a good thing to do." Anna Ryder Richardson, who also presented BBC DIY show Changing Rooms added: "I would urge everyone to recycle their cards to help plant more trees and stop recyclable waste ending up in landfill." John Reynolds