How to recycle Christmas trees for free

Container for the collection of Christmas trees for recycling. Valley News/Courtesy photo
The holiday season always ends with plenty of returns, and your Christmas tree is no exception. Return your natural Christmas tree to the ground it grew in by dropping it off, at no charge, at a Riverside County landfill to be recycled into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.Natural Christmas trees must be stripped of all decorations, lights, tinsel and tree stands in order to be recycled. Flocked trees (that is, trees covered with artificial snow) cannot be recycled through this program and need to be cut up and placed in your regular trash bin.Most trash haulers will collect Christmas trees curbside for two weeks after Christmas. Place the prepared tree next to or inside the green-waste container on your regular pick-up day. Trees over four feet tall should be cut in half. Contact yo
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