Christmas Trees Can Still be Recycled

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA -- Keep Forsyth County Beautiful is still accepting live Christmas trees for recycling and will continue to do so for the rest of the month.

Recycling began the day after Christmas at Vickery Creek Elementary, the Tolbert Street Recycling Convenience Center, the Old Atlanta Recycling Convenience Center, and the Coal Mountain Recycling Center. The recycling centers are still accepting trees.

Hours are as follows:

• Tolbert Street Recycling Convenience Center - 351 Tolbert Street: Open Monday - Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees starting at 1 p.m. on December 26 through January 30
• Old Atlanta Recycling Convenience Center - 3678 Old Atlanta Road: Open Monday - Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees starting at 1 p.m. on December 26 through January 30
• Coal Mountain Recycling Center - 3560 Settingdown Road: Open Monday - Saturday, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Accepting trees starting at 1 p.m. December 26 through January 30

The county recycling convenience centers will be closed Jan. 18 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Recycled trees will be turned into wood chips that can be picked up by any Forsyth County resident from the Coal Mountain Recycling Center on Settingdown Road.