City of Dallas will recycle your Christmas tree

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Here's a list of seven places you can take 'em.

DALLAS — When it’s time to pull off the tinsel and pack away the lights, don’t trash your Christmas tree. Take it your Dallas neighborhood Home Depot Store. The City of Dallas’ Sanitation Services Department is sponsoring Christmas tree recycling and is happy to announce a partnership with Home Depot to make this year’s effort even more convenient for Dallas residents.

Until January 2, 2012, you can drop off your Christmas tree at one of the seven Dallas Home Depot Stores listed below. If you receive the city’s curbside brush collection, you can also place your tree at the curb on your scheduled collection week for pick up. Decorations and stands must be removed.

“Recycling Christmas trees is an important way to help the environment and extend the life of our landfill,” said Sheila Overton, waste diversion manager for the City of Dallas. “Historically, yard clippings and other organic materials, such as Christmas trees, comprise more than 20 percent of the material buried in a landfill. By recycling trees, residents can help reduce the amount of material in the landfill and give holiday trees a second life as compost, mulch, or wood chips.”

Locations are:

• 11255 Garland Road – Dallas, Texas 75218
• 6000 Skillman – Dallas, Texas 75231
• 11468 Grissom Lane – Dallas, Texas 75229
• 2610 Fort Worth Avenue – Dallas, Texas 75211
• 6110 Lemmon Avenue – Dallas, Texas 75209
• 2901 W. Wheatland Road – Dallas, Texas 75237
• 11682 Forest Central Drive – Dallas, Texas 75243

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