Greenwich's Christmas Tree Recycling Schedule Announced

The gifts all have been opened and now some folks ready to jettison the Christmas tree they so carefully decorated.

The Greenwich Department of Parks and Recreation annual Christmas tree recycling program is under way.

All trees to be recycled must be undecorated (ornaments, tinsel, lights and stands must be removed).

The Parks & Trees Division will be recycling residents’ Christmas trees by chipping them. The wood chips can be used by residents as mulch or compost. Tree chips retained by the Town will be used in parks as mulch for trails in woodlands, shrub beds, and soil stabilization.

Tree Collection Sites

• Byram Park:
• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - the parking lot by the Concession.
• Bruce Park:
• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - the parking lot by the Children’s playground, opposite the entrance to Bruce Museum
• Greenwich Point:
• 6 a.m. until sunset - first parking lot across from the Nature Center.
• Holly Hill Recycling Center:
• 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to noon on Saturdays – place trees in the yard waste area.

Wood chips will be available to residents at each collection site.

Christmas tree recycling will continue until Sunday, Jan. 31.

Photo credit: Eric via Flickr.com.