If your Christmas wrapping paper tears it is paper and can be recycled.If it doesn’t tear, put it in the red bin. • Old Christmas cards can go in the yellow wheelie bin• Any polystyrene used to package items should be put in the red bin. Disposing of the Christmas tree• If you’ve got a real Christmas tree that’s reached its use-by date, you can chop it into small pieces and put it in your green wheelie bin or take it to the EcoDropgreen waste drop-off (standard charges will apply). • If your fake tree has lost its Christmas sparkle you can dispose of it in the red bin. • Unwanted tinsel or Christmas ornaments should go in the red bin if you can’t find a new home for them.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2019 17:26 UTC