{"id":3741,"date":"2025-12-08T16:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:43:22","slug":"hospiscares-christmas-tree-collect-recycle-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/2025\/12\/08\/hospiscares-christmas-tree-collect-recycle-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospiscare\u2019s Christmas Tree Collect &amp; Recycle Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3743\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/303\/2025\/12\/Hospiscare-Christmas-Trees-2026-INSTA-STORY.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University\u2019s Grounds team are delighted to be supporting Hospiscare\u2019s Christmas Tree Collect and Recycle project again this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live in Exeter, Exmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Honiton, Sidmouth and Ottery St Mary this is a great way to recycle your Christmas tree and help Hospiscare continue to provide free palliative and end-of-life care for the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In return for a donation to Hospiscare (suggested donation \u00a320 per tree), volunteers will collect and recycle your Christmas tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospicecare volunteers will collect the tree from your home on Thursday 8th, Friday 9th or Saturday 10th January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trees will be brought to the University\u2019s Streatham Campus where our Grounds team will shred them and the clippings will be recycled as mulch around our grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register at just-helping.org.uk\/register-tree or scan the QR code. 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