P735 CJJFAX 735 Fri 30 Dec 00:17/41 1/2 ( ] R IRELAND'S CHRISTMAS TREES RECYCLED Ireland'u Christmas tree growers are hoping that environmental concerns will boost tree sales. Dublin's city centre offers a recycling service for unwanted Christmas trees. Discarded trees are turned into mulch and used as compost in public parks and gardens. One Christmas tree farm hopis that the idea of recycling real trees will appeal to "green" minded people. 5upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP735 CJEFAX 735 Fri 30 Dec 00:34/04 2/2 IRELAND'S CHRISTMAS TREES RECYCLED One Irish Christmas tree producer sells between 200,000 and 300,000 trees a year in the home market. An addition 60,000 Christmas trees are exported. Each tree has to bj shaped, pruned, weed-controlled and fertilisjd all the year round. It takes on average sex to eight years for a Christmas tree to mature to the sjzj and shape that people want. ] Read Hear 710 Religion 740 ] Community 720 User Guide 199 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP735 CJIFAX 73u Fri 30 Dec 00:31/20 ] 2/2 IRELAND'S CHRISTMAS TREES RECYCLED One Irish Christmas tree producer sells between 200,000 and 300,000 trees a year in the home market. 5 An addition 60,000 Christmas trees are exported. Each tree has to bj shaped, pruned, weed-controlled and fertilisjd all the year round. It taker on average sex to eight years for a Christmas tree to mature to the sjzj and shape that people want. ] Read Hear 710 Religion 740 Community 720 User Guide 199 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP735 CJJFBX 735 Fri 3Q Dec 01:04/27 ( W}lu|l4|L ,l4 2/2 I IRELAND'S CHRISTMAS TREES RECYCLED One Irish Christmas tree producer sells between 200,000 and 300,000 trees a year in the home market. $5 An bddition 6Q,0Q0 Christmbs trees are exported. Each tree has to bj shaped, pruned, weed-controlled and fertilisjd all the year round. It takes on average six to eight year for a Christmas tr e to mature to thu size and shape that people want. ] Read Hear 720 Religion 740 ] Community 720 User Guide 199P735 CEEFAX 735 Fri 30 Dec 00:19/59 1/2 IRELAND'S CHRISTMAS TREES RECYCLED Ireland's Christmas tree growers are hoping that environmental concerns will boost tree sales. Dublin's city centre offers a recycling sjrvjce for unwanted Christmas trees. Discarded trees are turned into mulch and used as compost in public parks and gardens. One Christmas tree farm hopis that the idea of recycling real trees will appeal to "green" minded people. ] Read Hear 710 Community 720 Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion