Marks and Spencer customers showed just how much they care for the environment by taking back a total of 8.3 million Christmas cards as part of the M&S 2012 Christmas Card Recycling Scheme.
As well as recycling the cards, M&S also promised to plant one native tree for every 1,000 cards collected in-store throughout January 2012 by donating money to the Woodland Trust. As a result of the cards collected in 2012, the Woodland Trust will be able to plant an extra 8,308 trees around the UK, with 32% of those trees to be planted in the south east.
The annual Marks and Spencer Christmas Card Recycling Scheme will take place once again in January 2013.
As most other kerbside recycling schemes don't usually donate money to charity as well as recycling cards, you can be sure that the extra effort you make to drop your Christmas cards off at your local M&S really does lead to a big impact on the protection, planting and enjoyment of the UK's beautiful woodland landscapes.
The Woodland Trust used to run the Christmas Card Recycling Scheme, but stopped doing so in 2011. Since then Marks and Spencer have run it and donated proceeds from the sale of the recycled cards to the Woodland Trust to plant more native trees around the UK.
