RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The holiday season ends with plenty of returns, and a Christmas tree is no exception. Return that natural Christmas tree to the ground it grew in by dropping it off at a Riverside County landfill to be recycled into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.Through the free Christmas tree drop-off program, natural trees collected at the Badlands landfill will be chipped and combined with food waste and other organic waste to make compost or mulch. Recycling organic material ensures that organic waste is diverted away from landfill burial, recycled and turned into a soil amendment.Natural Christmas trees must be prepared for recycling by removing all decorations, lights, tinsel and tree stands. Flocked trees cannot be recycled through this program and need to be cut up and
