Ideas To Recycle, Reuse Your Christmas Tree In Pinellas County

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — Several free options are available to Pinellas County solid waste customers who need to dispose of their live Christmas trees.

Here are some guidelines to follow prior to recycling your Christmas tree

Curbside pickup of live Christmas trees is available to residents if they:

• Remove all decorations, lights, and tinsel;
• Place curbside on your regular yard waste collection day.

Artificial trees are not accepted at the yard waste sites.

Recycle And Reuse

One way to recycle your Christmas tree is to move it to your back yard. The deteriorating tree will provide a habitat for birds and other wildlife. To provide food for birds, you can hang suet or sliced fruit from the branches. You can also chop or grind your live Christmas tree and repurpose it as mulch around trees, shrubs, and flower beds.

Pinellas County Florida: Where And How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree Following The Holidays January 2022

• Clearwater - Curbside collection with yard waste on regular day. For more information, call 562-4920.
• Dunedin - Curbside collection with yard waste on regular day from 12/26 to mid January. Residents without curbside yard waste pickup can plan a pickup day with their association or property manager. For more information, call 298-3215, ext. 1328. Christmas Tree Recycling
• Gulfport - Place tree at curb or alley for regularly scheduled Wednesday yard waste pick up. Do NOT bag or place tree in can. For multiple-dwelling units, place your tree near the dumpster without blocking access to it. To prepare your tree for recycling, remove all decorations, including hooks, garland, tinsel and lights. Trees will be chopped and processed into mulch, then made available to residents at the Gulfport Neighborhood Center, located at 1617 49th St. S. For more information, call 893-1089.
• Indian Rocks Beach - Curbside collection with yard waste on Wednesdays. For more information, call 595-6889.
• Largo - Place trees at curb on your regularly scheduled yard waste day after Christmas until the end of the first FULL week in January. Please do not place trees at the curb in bags or with decorations attached. For more information, please call 587-6760. Please have your trees out on the curb by 7am on the day your recycling is picked up, completely separated by at least 3 feet from your trash and recycling carts or any other objects. Trees are to be free of any decorations, hooks, lights, tinsel, garland and stands. Trees should be loose, do not use bags or trash cans. Trees that are over 6 feet should be cut in half. For apartments or condos, check with the property manager for disposal instructions.

• Madeira Beach - Curbside collection with yard waste on Wednesdays. For more information, call 543-8154.
• Oldsmar - Drop off at 107 Shore Drive W., across from Park Boulevard. Open from 12/26 to mid January. For more information, call (813) 749-1266. Drop-off location will be available 7 days a week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Pinellas Park - Drop off at the city's brush site at: 12950 40th St. N. (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Sunday). For more information, call 369-0690. Place curbside where it will be collected with regular garbage.
• Safety Harbor - Cardboard recycling is collected during residents' recycling day. Cardboard must fit in the 64 gallon recycling container. Christmas tree is recycled with yard waste Wednesdays. No lights, tinsel or plastic bags. For more information, call 724-1550.
• St. Petersburg - put your tree out for curbside for collection until mid-January. If your tree has not been picked up by Jan. 14, call 893-7398. Please place the tree no closer than 3 feet beside the garbage container in the usual collection location (curb or alley). Or drop off at the St. Petersburg brush sites below:
• 1000 62nd Ave. N.E.
• 7750 26th Ave. N.
• 2500 26th Ave. S.
• 4015 Dr. MLK Jr. St. S.
• 2453 20th Ave. N.

• Tarpon Springs - Drop off at Yard Waste facility (898 S. Levis Ave.) for a fee or put out for curbside collection with yard waste on regular day. For more information, call 943-4837.
• Treasure Island - Curbside collection with yard waste on regular day. For more information, call 547-4575, ext. 253.
• Unincorporated Pinellas County - Drop off at Pinellas County Solid Waste, 3095 114th Ave. N., St. Petersburg. Cost is $3 per load for up to five trees. More information, call 464-7500 or contact your trash hauler. Remove all decorations, including hooks, garland, tinsel and lights. Tree should be loose. Do not use a bag or trash can. For apartments or condos, check with property manager for disposal instructions.
• Pinellas County Solid Waste - Email: recycle@pinellascounty.org. Call: (727) 464-7500