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Boy Scout Troop #375 Will Recycle Your Christmas Tree This Weekend

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January 8, 2011 9:00 am
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January 9, 2011 4:00 pm

It’s that time of year again, when the holiday trimmings come off, get put into big plastic storage bins in the shed, leaving behind a dilapidated and dried up, dangerously flammable Christmas tree with no place to go.

Here’s your B-Town Blog guide to how to recycle your tree:

BURIEN:

BOY SCOUT TROOP #375 RECYCLING EVENT SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JAN. 8-9:

  • We list this first because we like helping good local service organizations – Boy Scout Troop #375 will be recycling trees this Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 8th & 9th) from 9am – 4pm next to BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center at the corner of 160th and 1st Ave South.
  • $5 donation per tree.
  • The trees are de-limbed and chipped, and the trunks are turned into firewood and sold to raise money for the local scouts.
  • It’s a quick, easy and painless way to recycle – you can do it without even leaving your car, as several hard-working scouts will be on hand.

CURBSIDE RECYCLING VIA WASTE MANAGEMENT:
Undecorated holiday trees are accepted with regularly scheduled curbside yard collection if they are:

  • Free of flocking, tinsel & ornaments
  • Cut in pieces less than 4 feet long, and
  • Less than 4 inches in diameter at the base
  • Multi-family complexes can order a special drop box for recycling holiday greens by calling 1-800-592-9995.

NORMANDY PARK:

CURBSIDE RECYCLING VIA ALLIED WASTE:

  • Allied Waste provides curbside collection of Christmas Trees to single-family residential yard debris customers.
  • Yard Debris customers can set Christmas trees out on their regularly scheduled collection day.
  • Trees must be free of flocking, tinsel, ornaments and metal hangers, cut to 4′ lengths and tied into bundles less than 2′ wide.
  • Use biodegradable string or twine – no nylon, plastic or other synthetic materials.
  • Flocked trees are not recyclable and will not be accepted – put flocked trees in the garbage.

DES MOINES:

CURBSIDE RECYCLING VIA ALLIED WASTE:

  • Allied Waste will be picking up Christmas trees for residential curbside customers on the normal garbage pick-up day next week.
  • Place trees curbside, cut into 4′ lengths and tie into bundles no more than 2′ wide.
  • Tinsel, garland, and ornament hangers must be removed.
  • There will be no charge for this special pick-up.
  • Must be a garbage customer to be eligible.
  • Trees need to be cut into 4′ lengths and tied into bundles no more than 2′ wide.

DO IT YOURSELF:

  • King County has several options for recycling Christmas trees – check out their special website here.
  • Pacific Topsoils in Tukwila (6000 S 129th St., 1 mile from Bow Lake station) is accepting trees. Phone: 800-884-7645 or 425-337-2700 Hours: Mon-Fri: 7a.m.-5p.m., Sat: 9a.m.-4p.m. (Fri., Dec 31: closes at 2 p.m., Sat., Jan 1: closed, Cost: $3.00/tree

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