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Green Ways to Recycle Your Christmas Tree
City staff will be at the depots on Saturdays from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.to help with the trees. The event will be held in a rear parking lot between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Organizers from Keep Phoenix Beautiful will accept trees as well as Christmas lights and holiday decorations. Many Indiana communities provide tree recycling services for residents. Residents of apartments or condominiums should check with their property manager or representative for specific recycling instructions. Some municipal waste haulers pick up Christmas trees for delivery to the transfer station.
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Find a recycler. When it’s time to take down the holiday decorations, remember cut trees can be turned into material for chippings/mulch, erosion protection, or shoreline stabilization.
Trees can be dropped off at the Street Department, 4191 Grandview Road.
Quality tree farms often develop a loyal following, with the same families coming back year after year to get their tree from the same place.
True, a Christmas tree might not be an everyday purchase, but with about 30 million real trees sold every year [3] this is hardly a niche industry either, making its classification as a “specialty” all the more absurd. Trees must be cut in 4-foot sections with all trimmings removed.
The Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) maintains information on how to donate and recycle electronic waste on the Recycle Indiana website (www.in.gov/idem/recycle).
Recycle your real Christmas tree with the brown bin – The easiest way for residents to dispose of their used trees is by placing them next to their brown bin. Use the free kitchen caddy liners to put your food waste into, or wrap it in newspaper or kitchen roll. If you’re not from West Virginia, you should check out what program your state has for recycling trees because there definitely has to be one in each state.
But that figure is expected to more than double to five per cent this year.
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Carbondale Mayor Justin Taylor said city residents may place their trees out with their trash on their usual day. Martine’s Christmas tree took center stage and has set the tone for how our Christmas looks like. “I only use Plastic”, Austine Musoni told KT Press. Think about giving your Christmas tree and greens a second life around the property.