Well over 200 Christmas Trees were recycled on Abingdon Market Place today. That may well have beaten last year’s record (205) but I could not get an exact figure this year. It shows that people have got into the habit of using this town council service.

The chippings will be used locally on paths and parks.

Due to Good Friday being a public holiday, the weekly recycle collection this week was on Saturday in areas to the south of Abingdon, including Edward Street – a long terraced street near the Albert Park where a recycle lorry cannot get between the parked cars, and where houses have no room for wheelie bins.

As a consequence the recycle lorry out-runners gathered all the green bags into a large mound a few minutes before the lorry arrived.