Recycle Your Christmas Tree In Lakewood

LAKEWOOD, NJ — Are you ready to take down your fresh-cut Christmas tree, but you're not sure what to do with it now that the season is over?

The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department offers several collection sites at the county's parks for people to drop off their trees so they can be recycled. (See the list below.)

Trees dropped off at the parks are turned into wood chips, and the wood chips are available to residents for their home landscaping, as well as being used by the county for its landscaping projects and trail work. Trees also are used at Natural Lands sites.

Christmas trees can be dropped off at the following Ocean County park locations through Jan. 31:

• Ocean County Park, 659 Ocean Ave. (Route 88), Lakewood
• Patriots County Park, 485 Bowman Road, Jackson Township
• Ocean County Golf Course at Forge Pond, 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick

Christmas trees also are accepted at the Northern and Southern Recycling Centers year-round during regular business hours (7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Saturday). The Northern Recycling Center is located at 535 Oberlin Ave. South, Lakewood.

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