A 海角视频 forestry specialist has started selling Christmas trees online.
Leicestershire-based Walker Forestry Services has launched a new business called MyJinglTree.co.uk selling trees and providing what it says is an eco-friendly recycling service to help customers get rid of their tree after Christmas.
The business, based in Lutterworth, has trialled the service this year – and said it sold an initial 15,000 trees – and is already taking orders for 2020.
A 4ft 5ins Nordmann Fir for Christmas 2020 will cost £99 plus £18.99 for a stand, while a 6ft 5ins tree is £119.
A spokeswoman for Walker Forestry, which was launched in 2014, said it wholesales around 100,000 trees a year and wants to play a bigger part in reducing the 2.8 million or so Christmas trees which she said are imported into the 海角视频 every year.
Over the coming months and years the company hopes to grow the four sites it currently operates, which will include a new one in Ireland next year.
The spokeswoman said: “For every Christmas tree they cut down from their plantation, they pledge to plant two more in its place.
“In addition, the recycling policy the company have in place prevents the release of methane through decomposition, reducing the carbon footprint further.
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“The motivation for myjingltree.co.uk is to create an eco-friendly Christmas tree delivery service that is unique, fun and hassle free.
“The company handles everything – customers simply visit their website, select their own tree and myjingltree.co.uk will cut it and deliver it on a date of your choosing.
“Then, when we’re all bursting at the seams after consuming too many mince pies and everyone has seen in the New Year, they will come and collect the tree during January or at another date of your choice.
“Both delivery and collection are completely free. The whole process happens online, and the ordered tree can be easily tracked to see exactly when it will arrive.”
Craig Hands, a director at Walker Forestry Services with Jay Golding, said: “We wanted to create a service that encourages people to buy 海角视频 trees.
“A lot of people don’t realise just how many trees are imported into the 海角视频 every Christmas.
“We knew that not everyone has the time to buy a real tree and transportation can also be a challenge.
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“It was important to us that we take that hassle away whilst keeping the service as eco-friendly as it should be.
“Myjingletree.co.uk brings all of these solutions together in a fun and sustainable way. We’re encouraging people to keep it real this Christmas.”