Cleaning Up The Mess: Where To Recycle Your Christmas Tree
With all these tales of environmental disaster and doom and dead fish and toxic ash sludge, we feel like we really need to do our part to keep the rest of the state from getting disgusting. One pretty painless thing we can do is make sure our Christmas trees go to a happy place when we’re done with them. Here are a few easy ways to make it happen:
- Take it to the park. Metro Parks & Recreation has teamed up with Public Works to offer a Christmas tree drop-off program that runs through the middle of February, so the procrastinators among us have no excuse. And it’s free. Drop-off spots include Cane Ridge, Cedar Hill, Edwin warner, Elmington, Joelton, Richland, Sevier, Two Rivers and Whitefield parks or the Una Recreation Center way out past the airport.
- Give it to a band kid. Hillwood High School’s marching band wants to haul it away for you. They’re hoping for a donation of $10 per tree to raise money for new instruments and equipment, but at least you know it’s going to a good cause. Schedule a pickup by calling 615-353-2050.
- Put it back where you found it. Some local tree lots are offering to take trees back and recycle them on-site. If you live near Hillsboro High School, they’ll be chopping up old trees and donating the wood chips to Radnor Lake so they can do whatever it is you do with chopped-up trees. Check with tree lots near you to find out about any recycling programs.
Photo by Theron Trowbridge.
