How To Dispose Of Your Christmas Tree In Moorestown

MOORESTOWN, NJ — As the holiday season comes to a close and 2023 approaches, some Moorestown residents may be looking to remove their live Christmas trees. There are several ways to remove your trees safely:

Christmas trees are collected with Moorestown's brush recycling. Brush is collected weekly by Moorestown Public Works. The pickup schedule is as follows:

• If your trash day is Monday, your brush pickup day is the first Monday of the month.
• If your trash day is Tuesday, your brush pickup day is the second Monday of the month.
• If your trash day is Wednesday, your brush pickup day is the third Monday of the month.
• If your trash day is Thursday, your brush pickup day is the fourth Monday of the month.

All trees should be placed at the curb on the Sunday before the brush pick up is scheduled to begin, a Moorestown representative told Patch.

Moorestown residents can also drop off their christmas trees to at the Creek Road public works facility, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as every other Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Permits are required for the drop-off; the permits are available at public works free of charge.

Trees should also be free of ornaments, wires, netting, and tinsel.

Some Home Depot locations farm rescues may also accept tree donations that are undecorated, untreated and green.

Fire officials recommend disposing of live trees after Christmas or when trees become dry. The National Fire Protection Association reports that dried-out trees present a fire hazard and can burn very quickly compared to watered trees. Live trees should also not be left in homes, garages or placed against a home.

The U.S. Fire Administration recommends keeping live trees at least three feet away from heat sources like fireplaces, radiators, space heaters, candles or heat vents, as more than 1 in every 5 Christmas tree fires were caused by a heat source too close to the tree.