Recycle Live Christmas Trees Starting Jan. 2 In Prince George's County

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Starting Jan. 2, Prince George's County residents can compost live Christmas trees through the county's department of the environment.

Residents can place their live, undecorated Christmas tree at the curb Jan. 2-30. No artificial trees will be accepted.

To participate, residents receiving county-provided yard trim collection on Mondays can place their tinsel-free, unbagged and undecorated live tree curbside by 6 a.m. Trees also can be dropped off at the Brown Station Road Public Container Pad & Recycling Center located at 3501 Brown Station Road in Upper Marlboro Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at no charge.

“I encourage residents to do their part in keeping valuable resources out of our landfill and take advantage of this free resource,” said Prince George's DoE Director Andrea Crooms. “When you recycle your live tree, you give back to the environment.”

Trees collected will be chipped into mulch and made available to the public during the county’s annual spring Mulch Madness giveaway in April.