How To Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Sandy Springs (ICYMI)

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — If you've kicked off 2019 with your Christmas tree still taking up space in your living quarters, Keep North Fulton Beautiful will provide you with an opportunity to (finally) dispose of this item.

Sandy Springs residents can take advantage of a free service offered in collaboration with The Home Depot. From 9 a.m to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, residents can drop off their live trees at two locations:

• The Home Depot (near the garden department) at 6400 Peachtree Dunwoody Road.
• Sandy Springs Recycling Center at 470 Morgan Falls Road.

If you are planning to drop off your tree for recycling, be sure to remove any decorations (lights, tinsels, ornaments, etc). You're also asked to be sure the tree has not been flocked, or sprayed with fake snow made from artificial materials.

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Keep North Fulton's program is part of Keep Georgia Beautiful's Bring One for the Chipper initiative, which keeps trees out of landfills. Trees are chipped, and the mulch can be used for playgrounds, public beautification projects, wildlife habitat and homeowner landscaping projects. Statewide corporate sponsors are The Home Depot, 11Alive, and The Davey Tree Expert Company.

Mulch is available free to the public upon request by contacting Davey Tree Expert Company at 770-451-7911 or by filling out this form.

Bring One for the Chipper is a statewide effort to reuse Christmas trees. Since its inception, the program has recycled an estimated 6 million Christmas trees. Keep Georgia Beautiful works with several sponsors to organize the event at various locations around the state. You can view other Bring One for the Chipper sites by clicking here.

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