Recycle your Christmas trees by placing them on the curb from Sun., Dec. 26, to Fri., Jan. 7. On Sat., Jan. 8, trees should be brought to the old compost area by the lake, near Wiltshire Drive and Berkeley Road; between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Signs posted by the lake will mark the drop-off location. If you leave your Christmas tree up past Dec. 31, please place it on the curb and City Public Works associates will pick it up.
Bring One for the Chipper, Georgia’s annual Christmas tree recycling program, involves hundreds of Georgia communities and thousands of volunteers. Since its inception, over six million Christmas trees have been recycled and diverted from landfills, according to spearheading organization Keep Georgia Beautiful.