With Christmas Day been and gone, you might now be trying to muster up the energy to take down the decorations for another year.

Rather than taking your Christmas tree to the tip and spreading the needles all over your car as a result, here are some other options you could do instead.

Firstly, Thrive Services, clearance specialists based in Blackburn, are offering a charity Christmas tree collection to support the town’s Secret Santa shop.

At a price of just £5 per tree, all proceeds will go towards Secret Santa, with just a message to Thrive Services on Facebook needed to book.

Collections will be on January 8 and all decorations, lights, and bases must be removed from the trees.

Secret Santa started in August 2017 through Phil and Karen Boulding, who originally planned to deliver 200 sacks to children's services which would go to to support the most disadvantaged children in the area.

The demand has grown year on year, while other charitable donations have been made as well.

There are other ways you can rid yourself of your Christmas tree for another year too.

Age UK has teamed up with Ribble Rivers Trust to collect trees on January 6 and 7, taking place in the Ribble Valley, Great Harwood, Rishton, Accrington, Altham, and Oswaldtwistle.

The initiative aims to promote environmental responsibility by recycling trees but also plays a role in supporting the organisation’s mission to enhance the lives of older people in Lancashire by giving a minimum donation of £10 for a collection.

In January 2023, Age UK Lancashire collected more than 100 Christmas trees which went towards the restoration of Hasgill Beck’s Banks, near Gisburn Forest.

In addition, East Lancashire Hospice is offering a sustainable and charitable solution to rid you of your trees at a suggested donation price of £8.

The fee will go towards supporting the hospice’s invaluable work, caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.

Collected trees will be mulched and returned to the ground across the borough.

This eco-friendly approach ensured the used Christmas trees get a second life, contributing to the local environment.

Collection dates will be between January 6 and 12 and will be available to those living in Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn, and the Ribble Valley.