Neath Assembly Member Gwenda Thomas asks the people in her Neath Constituency to recycle their Christmas cards.
From 2nd to the 31st January 2009 The Woodland Trust will be collecting cards at WH Smith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks and Spencer across Wales for recycling. The collecting of cards generates income for the Woodland Trust via recycling credits – income paid by local authorities for waste that does not have to be disposed of in landfill sites.
Last year the scheme collected 4 million cards from Wales alone. Laid end to end, these would stretch from Cardiff to Holyhead and back.
Gwenda Thomas AM stressed, ‘The more cards recycled in this way, the more woodland can be planted and developed by the Woodland Trust. This in turn will create vital habitats for our indigenous and endangered species such as dormice and red squirrels. My constituency staff and I will be recycling our Christmas cards and I hope that as many of my constituents as possible can do the same.’