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Residents in Carmarthenshire are being urged to recycle their Christmas trees and get a free bag of compost. If you take your real Christmas tree to one of the household waste recycling centres at Trostre (Llanelli), Wernddu (Ammanford), Nantycaws (Carmarthen) or Whitland you will get a free bag of Merlin’s Magic Compost courtesy of CWM Environmental Ltd. The trees are taken to the In-Vessel Composting Unit at Nantycaws with the rest of the garden waste where they will be turned into compost/soil conditioner. Executive Board Member for the Environment Cllr Hazel Evans said: “We produce a lot more rubbish at this time of year so it is very important we recycle as much of it as possible. Christmas trees are classed as green waste so please take them to your nearest recycling centre so that they can be made into compost.” There are changes to recycling centre opening times over the festive period, visit www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/recyclingcentres

Food waste from the plates of council officers has been turned into compost to use in County Hall planters! Council offices have been separating their food waste so that it can be turned into compost instead of going to landfill. The pilot project saw approximately half a tonne of leftover food collected from each of the buildings taking part over the course of a year. Just like the food collected from our homes, it is taken to a special processing plant at Nantycaws where it is turned into compost to be used in our gardens and to brighten up council offices across the county. Merlin’s Magic Compost is available to buy at the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in Trostre (Llanelli); Wernddu (Ammanford); Nantycaws (Carmarthen) and Whitland. The composting plant; along with the HWRCs, are operated on behalf of the council by CWM Environmental. Director John Rees said: “We are very pleased to be producing this compost from both food and garden waste and it has proven to very ...